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Is Trump Beating the War Drum?
Collective Punishment via Hong Kong likely to galvanize citizens against CCP
President Trump’s press conference Friday afternoon, in which he broke off relations with the World Health Organization (“WHO”), criticized mainland China on several points, and ultimately announced the removal of the special trade deal the US has with Hong Kong, sounded like he was beating a war drum to me.
Accusations flew over China. Words like “malfeasance” were used, describing Bejing’s handling of COVID-19 in it’s early stage. Trump also dredged up the espionage and theft of Intellectual Property, “ripping off” the US, taking US jobs, violating their agreement under the World Trade Organization (WTO), unlawfully claiming territory in the Pacific, breaking their word on Hong Kong’s autonomy, continually violating [their] promises to us, instigating a worldwide pandemic, and costing lives in America and around the world.
Bejing recently announced that they will be placing their National Security apparatus — one of the most terrifying surveillance systems in the world — within the borders of Hong Kong. Previously, there have been many protests in Hong Kong — in large part because its citizens had protection from extradition to mainland China (such as if suspected to be anti-Communist). If extradited to the…
