Question: between Beijing and Hong Kong, which side do you stand on?

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Zhang’s message was also a rarity in that he placed Hong Kong’s fate squarely within the 50-year time frame due to expire in 2047. The Basic Law’s Article 5, says only that China’s “socialist system and policies shall not be practiced” in Hong Kong and the “previous capitalist system and way of life shall remain unchanged for 50 years.” This inspired the popular “50 years without change” slogan that helped ease Hong Kong across the colonial finish line in 1997. But that promise has remained curiously unquestioned by everyone and unexplained by Beijing–until now. Zhang is now saying the 50-year promise does have an actual cut-off date after all, and the midway point is fast approaching.  He phrased a question: how will Hong Kong be able to present itself to the nation in 2047, when the time comes for the National People’s Congress to renew the 1997 mandate for a separate autonomous region? https://hongkongfp.com/2020/06/25/national-security-law-a-second-handover-for-hong-kong/

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The new national security law for Hong Kong is meant to strengthen, not undermine, the “one country, two systems” principle and will ensure the freedoms granted to the city can be extended beyond 2047, a top Beijing official has said. Contrary to alarmist warnings of the opposition and foreign powers eager to demonise the central government, the new legislation would target “very few” people committing the four crimes of secession, subversion, terrorism and foreign intervention, said Zhang Xiaoming, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO). https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3088031/deng-xiaoping-always-believed-mainland-could-step-if

divisão da sociedade

mais do que nunca

LSN radicalizou o poouco que ainda não estava radicalizado.

probvavel que a resposta seja dada nas urnas.

China não conseguirá não respeitar o resultado

guerra civil

The erosion of democratic guarantees established under the “one country, two systems” policy has made young Hong Kongers more keenly aware of their unique identity, experts say at HKS Forum. But some also see caution by Chinese leaders and a desire to avoid a repeat of Tiananmen Square. https://ash.harvard.edu/new-uniquely-hong-kong-based-identity-behind-protests

Hong Kong’s Protests Have Cemented Its Identity

Chinese authorities have long sought to sway Hong Kongers, but more and more, residents of the city see it as being distinct from the mainland. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/08/hong-kong-china-protest-identity/596320/

At that time, there were expectations in Beijing that Hong Kongers would embrace Chinese patriotism, paving the way to full integration with the mainland. Instead, more and more of them eschewed Chinese identity, with a distinct Hong Kong one instead taking root. Groups promoting the safeguarding of Hong Kong’s cultural sites and Cantonese language moved from the fringes toward the political mainstream, though some of this rhetoric tipped into xenophobia aimed at mainlanders. When Chinese flags rearranged to resemble the swastika appeared on the streets of Hong Kong last year, it became painfully clear that the younger generation in particular despises the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Beijing, and its supporters, at the same time, painted Hong Kongers as whiny, spoiled children. Hong Kong, in the mainland’s view, has failed to keep up with China’s growth, its usefulness as an international gateway diminishing by the day. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/06/carrie-lam-hong-kong-china-protest/612955/

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Due to the deep political divide between the two camps, the Legislative Council has had difficulty passing bills, even ones that are not politically sensitive. The situation becomes more complicated when considering the divisions within the pro-establishment and pan-democrat camps. The former is divided by those who support last year’s extradition bill and those who don’t, while the latter is split between traditional pro-democrats and young localists. https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-07-13/analysis-hong-kongs-legislative-council-election-will-be-a-landmark-one-101579328.html

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Li Ka shing - é possivel ser independente

Isso torna o conglomerado – juntamente com várias outras empresas, incluindo HSBC Holdings e Swire Pacific – sujeita a um escrutínio político mais intenso do que a maioria das multinacionais com presença importante na China e no Ocidente. “Este é um ato de equilíbrio delicado”, disse Jackie Yan, professora de estratégia de gestão na Universidade de Hong Kong. “Ele não quer ser visto por órgãos reguladores de países ocidentais como intimamente ligado ao governo chinês.” Alguns o acusam de ser defensor do movimento pró-democracia de Hong Kong e traidor da China. Para outros – a saber, o governo Trump e seus aliados -, é um partidário do Partido Comunista Chinês em quem não se pode confiar para projetos de infraestrutura crítica. https://www.moneytimes.com.br/homem-mais-rico-de-hong-kong-perde-amigos-na-china-e-no-ocidente/

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Veteran politicians from “traditional” pro-democracy parties, typically referred to as “pan-democrats,” are known for often compromising with Beijing, in the hope that appeasement will allow for incremental advances towards democratic freedoms. On the contrary, localists (including myself), who are a newer generation of advocates, see that years of compromise have led to nothing but more severe oppression, and believe in stronger acts of defiance to preserve Hong Kong’s autonomy and local culture. This divide became evident in the imposition of the national security law. Some pan-democrats, such as veteran politician Emily Lau, stated that the Hong Kong legislature should make its own version of national security law rather than through Beijing’s imposition – a stance other localists and I can never agree on. Politician Sam Cheung Ho Sum became a district councillor in 2019 and he will be running in the pro-democracy primaries for the Legislative Council election on 11 and 12 July.

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HSBC has broken its silence and offered its support for the  national security law that Beijing is drafting for Hong Kong, days after a former city chief who is now a state leader criticised the banking giant for not making its stance on the legislation clear. It posted an article on HSBC China’s WeChat account on Wednesday, with the headline saying the group’s Asia-Pacific CEO had signed a petition supporting the new law. The article noted that the Hong Kong Association of Banks had already issued a statement saying the law would contribute to a stable business environment and raise investor confidence in the city.https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3087457/hsbc-breaks-silence-and-backs-national-security Asked about HSBC's support for the sweeping national security law, Cheng said the British government should speak to senior British capitalists to make them understand the importance of democracy. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-07-02/hong-kong-activists-discussing-parliament-in-exile-after-china-crackdown-campaigner-says

The most pressing question for the Chinese government when it comes to the chief executive, according to James Tien, an honorary chairperson of the pro-establishment Liberal Party, is a simple one. “In crucial moments,” he told me, “between Beijing and Hong Kong, which side do you stand on?” Lam has left little doubt as to how she would answer that question. Three years after mao zedong’s death, the University of Hong Kong students’ union organized a trip to mainland China. The atmosphere was tense, and the job of building out the visit was a difficult one: how to balance the expectations of students, eager to see what life in cloistered China looked like post-Mao, with the restrictions imposed by Beijing, skeptical of the visitors’ intentions. “You ask this, they say no; you ask that, they say no,” Lee Wing-tat, then an HKU student leader, recalled. “I remember the pressure was so high.” https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/06/carrie-lam-hong-kong-china-protest/612955/

6/6He witnessed a subtle silencing starting in Hong Kong’s private sector last year. He worked at a company that “turned red”—that is, its management took an anti-protest stance—and told me how his colleagues were summoned to appear before senior executives. Printouts of their personal Facebook and Instagram posts were laid before these staff. Is this your account, each was asked. Those who had no way of denying the posts were theirs were fired. After that, this employee made his accounts private; that helps, but he also worries that even colleagues in his private networks might report his posts https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/06/05/in-hong-kong-uncertainty-rules-as-beijing-asserts-control/