Aljazeera: Hong Kong protesters take aim at Chinese traders

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Another day...another protest...

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/07/hong-kong-protesters-aim-chinese-traders-190713080126138.html

Small-time mainland traders have long been a source of anger among some in Hong Kong [Tyrone Siu/Reuters]

Hong Kong activists have protested against mainland Chinese traders in a town near the border on Saturday, seeking to channel energy from huge demonstrations against an extradition bill to another problem they say the government has mismanaged.

The demonstration in the town of Sheung Shui, not far from the Chinese city of Shenzhen, started peacefully but devolved into scuffles and shouting, with police firing pepper spray at protesters and pushing them back with baton-charges. Demonstrators threw umbrellas and hard hats back at them.

The protest in Sheung Shui was the latest in a string of demonstrations that have roiled the former British colony for more than a month, fuelling its biggest political crisis since China regained control of the territory in 1997.

Millions of people have taken part in street protests, with hundreds even storming the legislature on July 1, against the now-suspended extradition bill that would have allowed criminal suspects in Hong Kong to be sent to China to face trial.

Critics saw the bill as a threat to Hong Kong's rule of law. Chief Executive Carrie Lam suspended the bill last month in the face of opposition and this week said it was "dead". But opponents say they will settle for nothing short of its formal withdrawal.

Broader issues
Most of the protests have taken place in and around Hong Kong's central business district, but recently demonstrators turned their sights to parts of the territory that have seen less political activity. They have also sought to broaden support for the movement by focusing on narrower, more domestic issues.

Tens of thousands of protesters staged an anti-extradition march last Sunday through one of the most popular tourist shopping areas in Kowloon, where they tried to win support from mainland Chinese tourists.

On Saturday, the focus again turned away from downtown Hong Kong to Sheung Shui, a town close to the border where so-called "parallel traders" from the mainland buy bulk quantities of duty-free goods, which they then carry into China to sell.

The small-time mainland traders have long been a source of anger among some in Hong Kong who argue they have fuelled inflation, dodged taxes, diluted the town's identity, and caused a spike in property prices.

'Lack of democracy'
Jimmy Sham, convener of the Civil Human Rights Front, which has organised a string of major protests against the extradition bill, said the root problem was Hong Kong's lack of a full democracy.

"The government, Carrie Lam, some legislators in functional constituencies are not elected by the people, so there are many escalating actions in different districts to reflect different social issues," he said.

"If political problems are not solved, social well-being issues will continue to emerge endlessly."

When Britain returned Hong Kong to China in 1997, Chinese Communist leaders promised the city a high degree of autonomy for 50 years.

But many say China has progressively tightened its grip, putting Hong Kong's freedoms under threat through a range of measures such as the extradition bill.

Amy Chan, a 25-year-old bank employee who joined Saturday's march, called it a continuing action following up on the momentum of the anti-extradition law protests.

"There isn't an anti-extradition protest every day to keep us going," she said. "I hope that through today's action, people in Hong Kong will not forget that there are actually many other social issues waiting to be solved."

Anti-extradition protesters were planning another demonstration on Sunday in the town of Sha Tin, in the so-called New Territories between Hong Kong Island and the border with China.

 

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When Hong Kong returned to 1997, Liang was fortunate to meet with the newly appointed Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa and listened to his Hong Kong development plan. He was deeply touched. Mr TUNG is a caring person. The people of Hong Kong are regarded as "old and understandable". Why? "What happened to Hong Kong? How was this the brightest oriental pearl in the world?"

The fall of Hong Kong is a historical necessity. Let us think about it carefully. What is the golden age of Hong Kong? It is the golden 50 years from 49 years to 99 years.

● In 1949, the mainland was liberated. Old social capitalists from Shanghai and other places flooded into Hong Kong and injected capital and labor into Hong Kong. This is the basis for Hong Kong's take-off.

● In the 1950s and 1960s, the West began to block China. Hong Kong has become China's only gateway to the Western world. Hong Kong has become another "Guangzhou 13th Line" of the mainland.

● In the 1960s and 1970s, the industries of Japan and Germany began to shift. Hong Kong took on a large number of industrial transfers with cheap labor and capital base. The manufacturing base of Hong Kong has this.

●After the 1970s, the mainland introduced a large number of Western technology and equipment in large quantities. All these technical equipments were re-exported through Hong Kong. The entrepot trade and supporting financial system made Hong Kong ushered in the most golden 10-year development period and laid the foundation for Hong Kong. The foundation of world-class ports and world-class financial centers.

In the past 50 years, Hong Kong has been relying on the mainland's demand for hinterland. It is the "only window", the "manufacturing center", the "re-export trade center" and the "financial center". Yes, it is still a cultural center! The 50 years of gold in Hong Kong is a 50-year period in which the mainland is closed. The history of the ups and downs in the mainland is precisely the history of Hong Kong. In the past 50 years, the unfortunateness of the mainland has shaped the great fortunes of Hong Kong.

However, after the mainland comprehensively promoted reform and opening up, the original world order was instantly destroyed. The manufacturing industry fled first. From Hong Kong to the southeast coast of Guangdong and Fujian, where land, manpower, management (environmental protection), taxes and fees are lower. The entrepot trade is close behind. China has joined the WTO, and large ports such as Shanghai, Ningbo, Tianjin, Guangzhou and Dalian have collectively exerted their strength. The global containers have been directly docked in the Mainland. Then there is the financial center. Behind the financial rise of Hong Kong is the logistics center, the entrepot trade, and the only export to the huge mainland market. But now, the logistics center has been dispersed, and the entrepot trade has shifted. The Shanghai Free Trade Zone has emerged... The decade of Hong Kong’s sluggishness is the decade of the rise of the mainland. Hong Kong’s economic problems are not in Hong Kong but in the mainland.

It’s not that Hong Kong can’t, but the mainland has become too much! The sinking of Hong Kong is a historical necessity! Hong Kong is not without opportunities, but misses too many opportunities.

In the millennium, when there was a shift in manufacturing and entrepot trade, Hong Kong also proposed several transformation plans. In 1999, Tung Chee-hwa proposed the "Digital Cyberport" project to develop Internet technology. We stand at that node and overlook the world. Google is just born in a private garage in California. It is far from being listed. The shadow of Facebook and Twitter is still unknown. The domestic Ali and Tencent are also small gangs of 10 people. Ma Yun is not a "dad", it is just a ugly young man. At that time, Hong Kong, software, technology, talent, capital, which aspect can not kill the mainland? As a result, the Internet was not done, and the Cyberport was turned into real estate development.

Later, Dong proposed the "Silicon Port" plan. Zhang Yijing, who came out of TSMC, wanted to make chip manufacturing in Hong Kong. The people of Hong Kong resolutely opposed it by "speculating the land and speculating the price of the property" and engaged in a parade. As a result, Shanghai invited Zhang Yujing to take a SMIC in Shanghai. It is now the largest chip manufacturer in China and the fourth in the world.

Later, Dong once again proposed the "Chinese Medicine Port" plan. Because Hong Kong has a deep scientific research system, as well as a large number of biological researchers, the most important is the quality inspection system recognized by the whole world. This is the combination of production, education and research. However, again because of the short-sightedness of capital, it has not been done. As a result, the Huada Gene appeared in Shenzhen across the river, and it has become a world-class genetic and biological research enterprise.

From 1999 to 2005, if Hong Kong seizes these three opportunities, Hong Kong is the Asian Internet center, chip manufacturing center and biological research center.

In those years, Hong Kong was busy? The economy has become weak and turned to "financial, real estate, and service industries." Stir the capital into the sky and stir the house into a sky-high price. The so-called free financial trading port has brought a lot of hot money to cross the border. These capital hot money have made the economy puffy. The class is close to solidification, and the young people have no way out and are full of anger. Finance and real estate, no matter which one is not young people who are new to the society can play, there is no way to go, no way to start a business, young people will run to the streets and vent their anger to the former "poor relatives" China Mainland. Today, the enemy of the Hong Kong economy is inside Hong Kong, between those financial oligarchs. The financial profits have made Hong Kong a reality and have spoiled Hong Kong. The short-sightedness and profit-seeking of capital have made Hong Kong miss the best 10 years.

The rise of Shenzhen, the first thing to thank is the policy, followed by Hong Kong. In the 1980s, the coastal area of Guangdong, represented by Shenzhen, undertook a large number of manufacturing shifts from Hong Kong. Soon, Shenzhen completed the original accumulation of wealth. But the good days have passed quickly. After 2000, the manufacturing industry has found a better transfer place - a Southeast Asian country represented by Vietnam. However, Shenzhen quickly found its own path based on the accumulation of raw wealth transferred by the manufacturing industry - scientific research and innovation, industrial upgrading, China's Silicon Valley.

In those years, Hong Kong missed the Internet, genetic biology, intelligent manufacturing, and transshipment logistics, all of which were smashed by the small fishing village on the other side of the river. So a lot of stars have been made -

● Tencent Internet company with a market value of nearly 280 billion US dollars and 40,000 employees;

● Huawei, a technology company with a revenue of 500 billion yuan and 170,000 employees;

● There is a market value of 70 billion, the world's leading genetic biology company Huada Gene;

● BYD, a car manufacturer with a market value of 170 billion and 220,000 employees;

● There is a market value of 300 billion, with 340,000 employees, 14 freighters, 16,000 transport vehicles, 12,000 business outlets of the Big Mac logistics company SF Express ... even in the old port to play 666 financial and real estate industry Shenzhen is also catching up, Ping An, Vanke, and Merchants...

A graduate of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, after 9 years, has achieved a product share of more than 70% of the world. Yes, this company is Dajiang. Even more interesting is that this company is in Shenzhen, not in Hong Kong. Through high-speed and high-speed rail networks, Shenzhen has connected Dongguan, Huizhou, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhongshan and Zhuhai into a city platform. This is a giant economic cluster. This future can rival the world-class Grand Bay in San Francisco and Tokyo. Area. Shenzhen is a research and development center and a headquarters base; Dongguan is the manufacturing center with the most mature industrial workers in the world; Zhongshan and Huizhou are parts procurement centers; Guangzhou is a distribution center; Yantian Port is a container center... leaving only Hong Kong Listed financing center, but it is not the only choice, Shanghai, Shenzhen can be replaced! What about Hong Kong on the other side of the river?

"Democracy" shaped itself into an isolated golden bell, and then looked at the small fishing village on the other side of the rising river, began to panic, then stupid, strange government, strange chief executive, strange Li family, strange return, I feel that all this is others The fault. Putting a huge market of 70 trillion yuan, but taking the streets, playing "politically correct." It’s both pitiful and big death! The formerly closed ignorant continent has become open and inclusive; Hong Kong, which was open to freedom in the past, has become ignorant and closed.

"Your father US" police handling of similar cases:

In the United States, any protest must follow the principles of peace, rationality, and non-violence. No one should break through the legal bottom line.

On September 17, 2011, thousands of people gathered in Manhattan in New York to oppose power transactions, bipartisan political struggles, and social injustice. This is the famous "Occupy Wall Street" protest.

On October 8, more than a thousand people gathered in the Freedom Square between the White House and the National Assembly to declare "occupation of Washington", condemning big companies to use money to influence politics and asking the government to invest more resources in people's livelihood projects...

These protesters are not unconstrained. In the early days of "Occupy Wall Street", four people were arrested for masking, one was arrested for crossing the police roadblock and against the police, two were arrested for entering the Bank of America building, and one was arrested for disturbing the law and order.

On September 24, at least 80 people were arrested for obstructing traffic or not following the order.

On October 1, protesters walked through the Brooklyn Bridge. The police asked protesters to stand on the sidewalk and not to go up the road. More than 700 people were arrested for refusing to obey. 20 of them were facing criminal charges for disturbing law and order.

In the early hours of November 15, a large number of riot police in New York entered the Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan, and forced a clearance of facilities such as tents set up by the "Occupy Wall Street" protesters. About 200 people were arrested.

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