All the stars are aligned and shining bright for Hong Kong

All the stars are lined up to save Hong Kong

Nobody could have thought 2020 can bring such profound changes to Hong Kong.

The violent protests that swept Hong Kong throughout 2019 has brought the city to its knees. The government seem unable do anything as waves of protestors appear every day. The western media was all out in full force recording the events and literally broadcasting it non -stop to all the TV screens of our homes. It was label as pro-democracy protests for the freedom of Hong Kong.

This was in the midst of the trade war started by USA. USA and all its allies were pressing the Hong Kong government to give way to the protesters. The Hong Kong police force surprisingly showed extreme restrain. However they were still accused of police brutality and castigated by the foreign press.

Covid 19 Pandemic

Then at the turn of the year a virus turn up in Wuhan. Suddenly a deadly pandemic has erupted and is now sweeping the world. Hong Kong also caught the bug but fortunately with the experience from handling SARs back in 2003 the government was much better prepared. The number of cases were very few and the number of deaths even lower in comparison to any country in the world. Suddenly the protests quiet down.

The pandemic had caused a lot of death in Wuhan. It was so sudden that within days the virus had spread very rapidly. The Chinese government took an unprecedented measure of locking down the whole province in which Wuhan was the capital just days before Chinese New Year. Eventually the whole country was closed and the annual movement of nearly 300 million Chinese returning home during the annual celebration curtailed.

Somehow China managed to keep the virus at bay whilst it was now spreading rapidly throughout the world ravaging Europe. USA through the bungling of its government did not realise it could also kill Americans. They were too slow to recognise the severity of the pandemic but also woefully unprepared. New York became the epicentre and nearly the whole of America was locked down. The American capitalist system first response was to flood the market with plenty of printed dollars. However American companies were quick to lay off workers to cut losses. 40 million Americans lost their jobs.

 The Chinese government gather enough boldness to convene their national meeting. I think it is like the Chinese saying “ the tiger is forced to jump over the wall to escape” Beyond the imagination of the Hong Kong protesters and their foreign supporters they announce a security bill which give the Hong Kong government the power to investigate and convict any person deemed affecting the security of Hong Kong and China. Suddenly the tables were turned on the protestors and their supporters. Prior to this bill, the left behind British style judicial system was a stumbling block and provided refuge to all the trouble makers.

Obviously USA and all its supporters cried foul. They not only promised to strip Hong Kong of any privileges granted, they will increased sanctions against China. To show the world how magnamous they were Taiwan offered to take in anyone who seeks political asylum. Good old Britain now wants to accept all those who had British passports but peculiarly previously not allow to reside and work in Britain. They went even further to accept all those who had the slightest chance of applying.

USA and its allies Australia, New Zealand Australia  all open their doors to Hong Kongers.

Wow, these act suddenly gave all those Hong Kong people who may be in trouble with the coming security law or those who have no confidence in Hong Kong’s future a chance to leave. Furthermore this also allows those who want to stay and become part of China a chance to do it without resorting to bloodshed.

The President of USA being the commander of the most powerful country in the world thinks it is his best opportunity and duty to lead the western world to bring China to his knees. He was stepping up the rhetoric.

Black Lives Matter 

Again a unique event totally unrelated to Hong Kong has to appear. On the streets of Miinneapolis a white police officer was shown to have use his knees and brute force to murder an African American. Even at the pleading of the bystanders to stop before the man was killed, his colleagues helped him to continue. This terrible act went viral. To make matters worse the police department did not initially charge or arrest them.

The African Americans had suffered tremendously throughout American history. Forcefully brought to America to be slaves, they never really got their freedom until as recent 1965.They have been subjected to segregation, lynching and many more forms of inhumane treatment. Till today the majority of them live in fear in their encounters with the police.

This was just spark on the tinderbox needed to set the explosion. Already these people were suffering from disproportionate death from the virus in addition to the massive unemployment. Large scale demonstration now erupted all over America. Suddenly the country was up in flames. Once again this scenes on shown non-stop on our TV screens.

To make things worse Donald Trump tweeted now the famous tweet

“When the looting starts the shooting starts”

China now can push forward its security bill. Those Hong Kong demonstrators can escape the punishment by migrating to Taiwan, Great Britain and the rest of its allies. The foreign supporters can quietly leave Hong Kong before it is too late. USA has too many fires on hand to douse and will have no more strength to shout at China.

Those who remain can now live in peace and rebuild Hong Kong.

So it looks like all the stars are aligned and shining bright for                                               Hong Kong