The London International Post

The Hong Kong demonstrations and civil strikes began in 2018, as China put pressure on the Hong Kong administration to close bookshops that sold books about democracy and freedom, something Beijing doesn’t want promoted in a communist China.

Bookshop owners disappeared, which once got into the western press alarmed western nations the old masters of Hong Kong - The United Kingdom as well as the United States voicing concerns about human rights violations.

The straw that broke the camels back was the Hong Kong administration put through an extradition law, which was pushed and promoted by Beijing to make it easier to get democracy advocates from Hong Kong to the Chinese mainland.

When the United Kingdom returned Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China the Hong Kong population who couldn’t or didn’t want to leave Hong Kong have waited with gritted teeth the day China started to dismantle the democratic system the British put into place under British rule.

That day has come and now the youth and students have for months took to the streets, which included invading the Hong Kong parliament and government buildings vetting their anger towards Lee and the Chinese favoured extradition law.

The population of Hong Kong is the best part of seven million and the demonstration taken place over the weekends has seen a quarter of the population out on the central main streets in support of getting the extradition law not only defeated for now, but for eternity.

There is support across the world and nearer to home as many countries see China as a threat, especially in the Pacific where China has reclaimed land to build military staging bases.

The American President Trump has been critical of China’s lawlessness when it comes to the theft of copyrighted and patented works.

The Chinese technological giant Huawei over the fact that under Chinese law companies need to report information collected from the 5G digital revolution, which has led to the United States in preventing Huawei technological products from accessing the American market.

The United Kingdom has welcomed Huawei to provide 5G capability in the British market but has caused a disagreement with the Americans over this decision.

Getting back to the demonstrations in Hong Kong there has been an escalation in violence with both sides accusing each side of infuriating their protesting groups to cause problems and gather intelligence against ringleaders for future arrests.

The Hong Kong police have used plastic bullets seriously injuring protesters. The use of blue dye being fired from fire engines which burn and stain protesters. A more deadly tactic now is firing live bullets, which has led to two protesters being critically injured.

Sino-British Joint Declaration 19th December 1984 signed between Premier Zhao Ziyang of the State Council of the People's Republic of China and Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and created the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

Under the Sino-British Joint Declaration the socialist system will not be implemented until 2047.

Umbrella Revolution – started as sit-in street protests started from the 26th September to 15th December 2014.

The Chinese government have been dismantling councils and government ministers who represent democracy, equality and freedom as its basis of governing.

China stripping away protesters parental custody of their children who are involved in the pro-democracy movement.

Hong Kong has banned masks being worn in order to quell pro-democracy protests.

Carrie Lam has been the Chief Executive of Hong Kong since 2017.

Many Hongkongers and from around the world are holding their breath at the response Beijing will undoubtingly in the end carry-out.

President Xi Jinping publicly is holding out that the pro-democracy protests will subside, like the Umbrella Revolution in 2014.

Though privately President XI Jinping is hopping mad of the destruction and embarrassment from the publicity that the Hong Kong protesters are garnering.

The pro-democracy protesters have no confidence in Chief Executive of Hong Kong Carrie Lam, which hasn’t improved with Carrie Lam sitting amongst the Beijing elite including President Xi Jinping at the 70th Anniversary of the founding of the Communist State of China in 1949 by Chairman Mao.

Hong Kong has little by little since the handover been changing things like the Hong Kong flag, renaming buildings with “liberation” and the “peoples” to establish the Chinese Communist State and claw-back control of Hong Kong.

However, China is a strong country but has a few weaknesses; the main one being that its financial clout is vulnerable of declining thus reducing the economic prowess of the dragon nation.

If the Americans really get annoyed by China, they can devalue the dollar and that’ll really mess-up China and create a recession, which will really hurt China.

So, if the Hongkongers can hold-out for as long as possible China will have to open a dialogue with pro-democracy groups in Hong Kong and with the British and Americans over respecting the Sino-British Joint Declaration.