In 1997, Hong Kong was
"returned" to China and China became a "one country, two
system" nation securing the autonomy of Hong Kong, the financial hub of
Asia. Well, that's what it looked like from the outside at least. In 2020, as
we all expected to be coming, China passed on the New Security Law which
prohibits citizens of Hong Kong from being protected under the Hong Kong
jurisdiction. This means that Beijing is ruling Hong Kong and that Hong Kong
lost its autonomy and is now part of the Chinese communist system. It took
China 23 years to totally bring Hong Kong under their control by law. What
did Great Britain, America and the UN do? Not much. The rest of the world was
just watching while citizens of Hong Kong fought for their freedom.
In my opinion, the next target
"country" will be the Republic of China or Taiwan. How will the
Republic of China react when China pushes a New Security Law and how long will
it take them to surrender or refuse China is anyone's guess. Honestly, I
support Hong Kong and the Republic of China with all my heart, but I do not
think these two countries can resist against the Chinese government. In case of
the Republic of China, the economic dependency on China is influential enough
that it can even change the vote of people during elections. to As much as I
hate to say this, one country is already in the hands of China, the other will
be soon. My guess is that it won't take as long as Hong Kong.
My next question is which country will
be China's target after the Republic of China. I am guessing North Korea. South
Korea and America have no time to use their defense expense on politics and
argue about who pays more and who pays less. South Korean politicians do not
have much time to argue about how wrong it went the deal between the current
president Moon Jae-in's and the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. South Korea
has to support the North to lower its economic dependency on China. Of course,
under the condition of denuclearization. The survival chicken fight in East
Asia started. China, a country that has kept a low profile preparing with
patience for years to surrender Hong Kong and the Republic of China, came out
eager to enlarge its body even in the midst of the pandemic. China will not
stop since it is better off for them to continue for now. America and South
Korea are not so prepared to stop China and the UN is losing its trust in
international community. There is no much time for the Korean peninsula until
China reaches its hands to North Korea. People have got to start
thinking.
I just hope my very personal opinion is all wrong.