https://www.scmp.com/rss/506537/feed David F. Helvey is currently the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defence for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs. He is responsible for developing and overseeing the execution of the United States’ defence and security policy in the Indo-Pacific region. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com With the swift passage of the national security law, China’s Communist Party leaders demolished the idea of Hong Kong’s autonomy and, with it, Beijing’s obligations under the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration and commitment to preserve the freedoms enjoyed by the Hong Kong people. This action is only the most recent example of a pattern of behaviour where the Communist Party bends, disregards, or rewrites rules in its favour in the pursuit of domestic and geopolitical ends. President Xi... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3092490/china-rewriting-rules-its-own-ends-world-cannot-sit-idly?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3092490/china-rewriting-rules-its-own-ends-world-cannot-sit-idly?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Jul 2020 19:00:19 +0000