WHKPASS Highlights - Emily Lau

or not. Since Hong Kong has limited bargaining power over its systems and can do nothing to prevent further erosion, the “one country two systems” is now just a framework set by the CCP that favours all its ambitions. This inequality between Hong Kong and China’s power ultimately means that “one country, two systems” is untenable. And what about Taiwan? The commonly chanted slogan, “Today’s Hong Kong, tomorrow’s Taiwan.” is just one example of the solidarity between Hong Kong and Taiwan during the social movement. If “one country two systems” has said doom to fail, what is another solution for peaceful reunification? Seeing the failure of adopting the scheme in Hong Kong, as well as the well-developed domestic politics in Taiwan, all major Taiwanese parties have rejected Beijing’s offer. The former Taiwanese President Chiang Ching-kuo had proposed the “one country better systems” in response to China’s blueprint for reunification. He emphasized that the system is what concerns people the most, which national identity will be naturally shaped when there is stability and peace. In other words, a good system is more sustainable than having two systems, in which the system is chosen by the will of the people or the system has competed over the other, just like the case of how the East German government faltered and collapsed leading to German reunification. However, realistically, it is a slim chance or even impossible of one giving up its system to accept the other. Reconciling two opposed systems is a hot potato. For instance, North and South Korea have seemingly irreconcilable differences, but the reunification of the peninsula is still a national priority and vision. The reunification is an inevitable topic for all Hong Kong people, the details of the “one country two systems” model was never written clearly on paper, leaving it up to future interpretation, by both the people and Beijing’s willingness to rejuvenate.

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[1] https://medium.com/@risotto301/hong-kong-the-closing-window-tothe-west-5b022efd5baf

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“THE DEMOCRATIC FUTURE OF HONG KONG”: A SPEAKERS EVENT WITH MS. EMILY LAU

In October, WHKPASS hosted Ms Emily Lau, the former chairwoman of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party for an interactive talk for students. The event featured topics such as the contradictions between the prospect of Hong Kong’s democracy and China as a communist state, whether or not civil movements’ demands can be satisfied through independence, as well as what the international community could do for Hong Kong.

Watch highlights from the talk here!

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https://www.instagram.com/p/ CHVRdD2BOlo/ “China is in an Authoritarian state, asking for freedom is as nonsense as asking a monk for a comb when they don’t even have hair.“

“The UK government has priority for its agendas, such as Brexit and more recently for COVID. Hongkongers, however, should seek a way to let the government listen to our voices, and to prioritise our issues through lobbying MPs in a creative way.”