In this article, Toh writes about the further decline of Hong Kong's freedom at the hands of mainland China. Another protest against China was staged earlier this week that resulted in 47 arrests. The people of Hong Kong continue to fight for their rights as China slowly encroaches on them more and more.
It's hard to watch the people of Hong Kong slowly and forcefully losing their democratic rights and freedoms. These people are fighting so hard against something that I can't imagine going their way. Hong Kong already agreed to join mainland China in 2047 but we can see that changes are happening much sooner than that. I don't think it was ever a realistic thought that maybe they would hold off the process completely and then start implementing changes or that it would be like a light switch and at 12:00 01/01/2047, the change would be made, but it seems to me that the changes are also happening a lot sooner than what was agreed on. Again, it's just hard to watch this unfold. I think a lot about China's motivation to Annex Taiwan. How violent could that process be?
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/04/business/hong-kong-economy-freedom-intl-hnk/index.html
- Jake Domingo: Blog post #5
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