Critics worry the new law will further erode civil liberties that Beijing promised to preserve for 50 years when the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-19/hong-kong-passes-new-national-security-law-to-quash-dissent/103607638
19 shillings said:
Critics worry the new law will further erode civil liberties that Beijing promised to preserve for 50 years when the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-19/hong-kong-passes-new-national-security-law-to-quash-dissent/103607638
Well of course it will, that’s the whole point of the law. Beijing want to assimilate Honk Kong into the mainland as soon as possible, they have no intention of waiting till the 50 years is up.
They should never have handed back honk honk, it was leased to imperial China which ceased to exist – hence no one to hand it over to.
wookiemeister said:
They should never have handed back honk honk, it was leased to imperial China which ceased to exist – hence no one to hand it over to.
Is that like how Ukraine was a part of the USSR so the Russian Federation has no claim to it?
Witty Rejoinder said:
wookiemeister said:
They should never have handed back honk honk, it was leased to imperial China which ceased to exist – hence no one to hand it over to.
Is that like how Ukraine was a part of the USSR so the Russian Federation has no claim to it?
If NATO and Australia feel so inclined , why not just commit ground troops to ukraine? Write to albo and demand we do this NOW
wookiemeister said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
wookiemeister said:
They should never have handed back honk honk, it was leased to imperial China which ceased to exist – hence no one to hand it over to.
Is that like how Ukraine was a part of the USSR so the Russian Federation has no claim to it?
The soviet union over imperial Russia by force . In the 50s they “transferred” ukraine out of the soviet union. The british were fighting the russians in Crimea- weird right? Why were the russians in Crimea , on holiday?If NATO and Australia feel so inclined , why not just commit ground troops to ukraine? Write to albo and demand we do this NOW
You didn’t answer my question.
Remember when Azerbaijan ethnically cleansed Armenians out of their homes a few months ago ?
How come NATO didn’t defend their honour ?
How many divisions does albanese have ?
wookiemeister said:
Remember when Azerbaijan ethnically cleansed Armenians out of their homes a few months ago ?How come NATO didn’t defend their honour ?
How many divisions does albanese have ?
You keep changing the subject.
Witty Rejoinder said:
wookiemeister said:
Remember when Azerbaijan ethnically cleansed Armenians out of their homes a few months ago ?How come NATO didn’t defend their honour ?
How many divisions does albanese have ?
You keep changing the subject.
snafu mate, snafu.
Witty Rejoinder said:
wookiemeister said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Is that like how Ukraine was a part of the USSR so the Russian Federation has no claim to it?
The soviet union over imperial Russia by force . In the 50s they “transferred” ukraine out of the soviet union. The british were fighting the russians in Crimea- weird right? Why were the russians in Crimea , on holiday?If NATO and Australia feel so inclined , why not just commit ground troops to ukraine? Write to albo and demand we do this NOW
You didn’t answer my question.
Imperial Russia of day 1000 years was over thrown by the communists which became the soviet union. The soviet union of 30 bit years decided it would be cool to break up the russian empire and “transferred “ ukraine ( border region/ end region out of the borders of imperial Russia. The soviet union barely lived for the life cycle of one of the first generations of soviets 70 – 80 years.
With the fall of the soviet union ukraine threw its lot in with the west and quickly picked up the tag of the most corrupt countries in the world. Many RUSSIANS found themselves outside of their own country after 1991. After being targeted by citizens of the newly.minted state of ukraine for decades – remember the civil war of 2014 – 2022 ? Putin decided to act. By rights ukraine couldn’t be handed back to the new “russian Federation “ – imperial Russia didn’t exist any more but there were an awful lot of russians living in their homes and on their own land.
Contact albo and tell him we need to get involved in this CIVIL war, he’ll appreciate it.
Witty Rejoinder said:
wookiemeister said:
Remember when Azerbaijan ethnically cleansed Armenians out of their homes a few months ago ?How come NATO didn’t defend their honour ?
How many divisions does albanese have ?
You keep changing the subject.
Its a civil war between native speakers of the russian language /.ethnics
The uko general only speaks russian I believe.
China is not a liberal or representative democracy. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Chinese government state that China is a socialist democracy and a people’s democratic dictatorship. Under Xi Jinping, China
Cut and paste from wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_China
Democracy Good Communism Bad
SCIENCE said:
Democracy Good Communism Bad
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Wont be long before their ai corrects
SCIENCE said:
Democracy Good Communism Bad
Democracy and Communism are not on the same scale.
It would be better to look at it as:
Democracy <—> Authoritarianism
Capitalism <—> Communism
The two on the left often go otgether, as do the two on the right. But they are still two separate thingd.
19 shillings said:
SCIENCE said:Democracy Good Communism Bad
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Wont be long before their ai corrects
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19 shillings said:
Critics worry the new law will further erode civil liberties that Beijing promised to preserve for 50 years when the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-19/hong-kong-passes-new-national-security-law-to-quash-dissent/103607638
I have been reading a superb true crime book autobiography called “Mr Clean” by Bruce Aitken which goes into great detail about a money laundering business of global scope that was run out of Hong Kong. Not all was drug money but most of it was.
On each visit to Hong Kong I had wondered how such a high population density could possibly survive. And the book gives me some idea how that was and still is possible. During British Rule, there was no law in Hong Kong against money laundering. There is a law there against the direct handling of drugs, but not about laundering the cash.