Prime Minister Boris Johnson has stepped up and made a very bold threat to offer Hong Kong citizens the privilege to come and live in Great Britain, which has prompted China to warned the U.K. to step back from the brink and stop interfering in their affairs.
Johnson is quite taken aback about Beijing’s attempt to introduce a law that would punish behavior that it deems an endangerment of Chinese national security in Hong Kong.
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Johnson said he would offer a 12-month extendable visa to all Hong Kong citizens who are eligible to apply for a British national overseas passport. He’s also asked Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the US to give visas to Hong Kong residents who want to leave.
[Business Insider] Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that he will have “no choice” but to offer UK visas to millions of Hong Kong residents if China pushes ahead with its plans for new national security legislation which critics fear would remove existing freedoms in the semi-autonomous region.
Writing in the Times of London newspaper on Wednesday, the prime minister warned that the new legislation would “dramatically erode” the island’s autonomy, which currently enjoys judicial and political independence from mainland China.
The prime minister suggested that in response he would offer a 12-month extendable visa to all citizens on the island who are eligible to apply for a British National Overseas passport, some 3 million. It goes significantly further than the UK government’s suggestion last week that it would extend visa rights to 300,000 holders of BNO passports, rather than all those eligible.
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The intellectual assets, money, and other benefits would come to the UK and any other country going along with this plan. Hong Kong will cease to be the financial hub of Asia. The flow of finances out of Hong Kong will be historic. For some reason (sarc.) China doesn’t recognize that Hong Kong does not want to be part of the Chinese dictatorship.
I bet China already requires pre-approved Chinese travel permits to leave the country at airports in response to the coming exodus. Chinese troops will occupy the airports to keep Hong Kong citizens from going.
Methinks China is very much misunderstanding how angry the world is at them, and that it is not going away any time soon. Also, most people don’t realize China has a significantly bad demographic issue facing them in the next 30 years, which could set them back considerably. In case anyone wondered if the US would remain supreme, rest assured (barring efforts to undermine the country) it will.
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Johnson should tell Xi, “We’re nowhere near the brink. If you violate our agreement to leave Hong Kong free, we’re going to come over there and take it back.”
A war with China would be swift and decisive. China knows its military is vastly under armed and experienced. They don’t like being pushed around or threatened, but they love to bully others. China is very dangerous, and the US needs to have a new global policy. One that includes new partners and creates trade relationships that are beneficial for all. Not just one side.
Regardless of political party – time to put China in a box and isolate them. The policy will have to be very cerebral. That rules out our current president. Let’s hope the next one is highly strategic and intelligent. More importantly – they surround themself with very smart and tenured advisors. Then they listen to them.
This piece was written by Wayne Dupree on June 3, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com [4] and is used by permission.