Beautiful and world-class Hong Kong is disappearing. The city that was once considered the freest in the world is no longer in the running. China has basically fully taken over the city.
Only a few years ago we wrote how China was better at dealing with Hong Kong than Democrats were with the major cities in the US. In 2017 we shared this:
Today Hong Kong is recognized as a separate country in most country classifications because of the “one country, two systems” approach by the Communist Chinese. Hong Kong has a budget surplus nearly every year. This is in spite of the country providing basically free health care to all its citizens and proving free housing for 30% of its population. Hong Kong is rated number one in the world with the world’s freest economyand Hong Kong is known as the financial center of Asia.
China is now running Hong Kong by most accounts. They have now fully taken over the government and are postponing elections for another year while blaming it on COVID:
China passed a law this past year that allowed them to arrest anyone who speaks negatively about China and throw them in jail and they are doing it:
Now China is preventing people from leaving the country. The Guardian writes:
Hong Kong has passed a new immigration law that includes powers to stop people entering or leaving the city, raising fears of Chinese mainland-style “exit bans” in the international business hub.
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