What you are saying is basically that economic development, i.e. Capitalism (the force which, along with the sheer will and determination of the Chinese people, brought China from the poor chaos of 50 years ago to the middle income order and prosperity of today) requires freedom and rule of law, not Confucian filial piety (the tyranny of the parent).
But it is clear that the Beijing of today will not tolerate even the mild, limited Deng capitalism that produced today’s economy. Instead they have concluded that it was never really sustainable in their Communist Party control-oriented political context, and even less so in the current Ruler for Life system. Capitalism requires failure, change, creative destruction, and the CCP has firmly made clear that it can not tolerate these things, and instead proceeds with the overarching goal of its own self-preservation.
These well-intentioned pleadings from HK fall on deaf ears in Beijing...at what point do you choose to openly oppose the system instead of asking it nicely to change when it clearly doesn't display any desire to change.
What you are saying is basically that economic development, i.e. Capitalism (the force which, along with the sheer will and determination of the Chinese people, brought China from the poor chaos of 50 years ago to the middle income order and prosperity of today) requires freedom and rule of law, not Confucian filial piety (the tyranny of the parent).
But it is clear that the Beijing of today will not tolerate even the mild, limited Deng capitalism that produced today’s economy. Instead they have concluded that it was never really sustainable in their Communist Party control-oriented political context, and even less so in the current Ruler for Life system. Capitalism requires failure, change, creative destruction, and the CCP has firmly made clear that it can not tolerate these things, and instead proceeds with the overarching goal of its own self-preservation.
These well-intentioned pleadings from HK fall on deaf ears in Beijing...at what point do you choose to openly oppose the system instead of asking it nicely to change when it clearly doesn't display any desire to change.