The powers in Beijing are hinting .. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/world/asia/china-military-hong-kong-taiwan-protests.html?searchResultPosition=2 .. at the use of People’s Liberation Army forces to put down the protests, but so far have only hinted, and expressed hope .. https://www.apnews.com/9e943323758a42de8431a5b45aef1839 .. that Hong Kong’s compliant leader, Carrie Lam, as well as local police, can keep a lid on the demonstrations for now. But the tone of Monday’s remarks was uncompromising and signaled that Chinese President Xi Jinping sees this crisis as yet another moment when expressions of dissent and freedom must be snuffed out. Rather than accept that Hong Kongers have a legitimate beef and a right to say so, China’s authorities have painted the demonstrators as illegitimate, being “carefully orchestrated” from outside, as the China Daily put it. The protests, the news outlet said .. https://www.chinadailyhk.com/articles/42/20/229/1564321013787.html , are “of the same hue as the color revolutions that were instigated in the Middle East and North Africa,” an image of the Arab Spring that terrifies China’s ruling party-state.
The 1997 handover of Hong Kong promised “one country, two systems” in which the territory could preserve its autonomy and freedoms for 50 more years. By chipping away at those freedoms and by using strong-arm tactics to suppress the protests, China’s leaders are revealing their true intent, which is one country, one system — to coerce Hong Kong into the mainland’s grip. This month’s protests showed that Hong Kong’s people will not march silently to this fate. China is making a large and potentially costly mistake by failing to understand the protests and the reasons behind them.
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