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Chinese Armor at Hong Kong’s Border<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Armored vehicles line up on the border.\u00a0\u00a0The \u201cspecial relationship\u201d between China and the city of Hong Kong seems on the verge of destruction.\u00a0\u00a0The rest of the world, including the United States, has said little about it, helpless to even protest against possible Chinese actions. The memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, when tanks rolled over thousands of protesting students in Beijing, is clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hong Kong<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Hong Kong, smaller than Los Angeles but with more than twice the population, is one of the major trading centers in the world.  A British colony until 1997, the United Kingdom ceded the city back to China under very specific terms.  Hong Kong was to maintain a democratic government, a separate capitalist economy including its own currency, and a legal system based in English Common Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That special relationship has benefitted China as well.  A big part of Chinese modernization into the world economy has been through the window of Hong Kong\u2019s capitalism.  Hong Kong itself is one of the top-ten import\/export nations in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the twenty-two years since Hong Kong became part of China, the Beijing government has quietly inserted itself into the Hong Kong government.  The Chinese government appoints Hong Kong\u2019s Chief Executive.  This executive controls the courts, as well as the ability to veto laws and dissolve the elected legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democracy Threatened<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The current crisis began when Chief Executive Carrie Lam proposed a law allowing the Chinese Government to assume judicial jurisdiction of some Hong Kong cases.\u00a0\u00a0 Those accused of \u201cpolitical\u201d crimes would no longer be tried under Hong Kong law, but could be transferred to Mainland China for trial and punishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The young people of Hong Kong began protests in the streets, demanding that the proposal be withdrawn.\u00a0After weeks of marches, Lam delayed the proposal but refused to completely withdraw it, and the protests grew more intense.\u00a0\u00a0Police and protestors battled in the streets, and armed \u201cprovocateurs\u201d sponsored by the Chinese government attacked protestors and created riots.\u00a0\u00a0Hong Kong\u2019s international airport, eighth busiest in the world, was closed for two days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chinese induced riots create a pretext for direct Beijing intervention in Hong Kong and threatens the \u201cspecial relationship\u201d as well as the personal and political freedoms of the City.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what\u2019s the \u201cdownside\u201d of Chinese military action in Hong Kong?\u00a0\u00a0The world seems willing to stand on the sideline.\u00a0\u00a0The power of the Chinese economy over world trade and financial markets has silenced Europe, and particularly the United Kingdom. The United States has said little as well.\u00a0\u00a0There is nothing to stop China from acting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tough Business<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

President Trump treats the threat to Hong Kong as an \u201cinternal Chinese matter.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0He tweeted (the official form of Presidential communication):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know President Xi of China very well. He is a great leader who very much has the respect of his people. He is also a good man in a \u201ctough business.\u201d I have ZERO doubt that if President Xi wants to quickly and humanely solve the Hong Kong problem, he can do it. Personal meeting? Trump \u2013 8\/14\/19<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cgreat leader\u201d and \u201cgood man\u201d is in a \u201ctough business\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0Will President Xi take the \u201ctough business\u201d comment as permission to actually be \u201ctough\u201d and roll tanks into the streets of Hong Kong?\u00a0\u00a0And would a personal meeting with President Trump simply grant him even more latitude to deal with Hong Kong?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trump Administration is ingnoring the strong stand for democracy in Hong Kong.\u00a0\u00a0With Trump\u2019s transactional form of foreign diplomacy, it may be that he is willing to trade Hong Kong for a better trade deal with China.\u00a0\u00a0The US is already faltering in that effort. Trump delayed raising tariffs on China so that the American people can get their \u201cChristmas shopping\u201d done.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dealmaker<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The US cages migrants on the Southern Border, and supports the leader of Saudi Arabia after he butchers a newspaper correspondent. The Trump Administration has made it clear that they are willing to accept almost any behavior if they can \u201cmake a deal\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0We have a government policy without a moral compass, so \u201ctough business\u201d in Hong Kong probably won\u2019t shake it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hong Kong\u2019s democracy will be another pawn traded in the chess match of US world trade policy.\u00a0\u00a0The American people may soon be forced to stomach the picture of Hong Kong\u2019s youth, demanding democracy, being crushed under Chinese armor.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 It will be part of \u201cthe deal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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