You’re either with Hong Kong independence seekers or against them
Robert Chow Yung says Beijing has made it clear it is prepared to crush any independence movement, and Hongkongers should take it seriously, including our political and business elite
Our delegation’s recent visit to Beijing and reception by the Chinese leadership was perhaps more attention-grabbing than it would have been because it happened in an otherwise news-starved period, but the visit did convey certain important messages. Was it from Beijing with love, or was it from Beijing with a warning ? Neither is entirely accurate; a more apt description may be: from Beijing with a bugle call.
What messages were conveyed? Topics such as “one country, two systems” and the lawful right of the NPC to interpret the Basic Law may be considered old hat by the media and, as a result, would not evoke much interest.
But there is one pressing problem facing us which has the undivided attention of Hong Kong people. That is the emerging threat of the so-called Hong Kong independence movement.
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The strong and clear message from Beijing is that the leadership is taking the emergence of the so-called independence movement very seriously. Some of Zhang’s comments on this subject are a matter of record with the Hong Kong media.