Next week’s anniversary 0f the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen massacre is generating deep concerns in Beijing — hence its lashing out in ugly rhetoric and bullying tactics around the world, not least in Hong Kong. It’s trying to stop the democracy genie getting out of the bottle.
A clear symptom of China’s desperation is its forceful attempted rape of Hong Kong’s autonomy. As an editorial in The Australian put it earlier this week, President Xi “is imposing a ‘rule-by-diktat’ security law that will allow China’s feared security agencies to take effective control of Hong Kong.
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