{"id":13827,"date":"2019-11-17T19:17:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T23:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=13827"},"modified":"2019-11-17T19:17:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T23:17:56","slug":"chinas-risky-endgame-in-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/chinas-risky-endgame-in-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Risky Endgame in Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"781\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_2019-11-17-Startpage-com-Search-results.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_2019-11-17-Startpage-com-Search-results.png 781w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_2019-11-17-Startpage-com-Search-results-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_2019-11-17-Startpage-com-Search-results-768x518.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Project Syndicate,<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/columnist\/minxin-pei?a_la=english&amp;a_d=&amp;a_m=26f5530446f86f3409904801&amp;a_a=click&amp;a_s=&amp;a_p=%2Fcommentary%2Fchina-hong-kong-crackdown-security-by-minxin-pei-2019-11&amp;a_li=minxin-pei&amp;a_pa=article-top&amp;a_ps=\">Minxin Pei<\/a> &#8212; November 13, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping  declared that by the time the People\u2019s Republic celebrates its centenary  in 2049, it should be a \u201cgreat modern socialist country\u201d with an  advanced economy. But following through with planned measures to tighten  mainland China&#8217;s grip on Hong Kong would make achieving that goal all  but impossible.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><em>CLAREMONT,  CALIFORNIA \u2013 Although the rapid escalation of violence in Hong Kong  seems terrifying enough, things may be about to get much worse. The  communiqu\u00e9 of the recently concluded fourth plenum of the 19th Central  Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) indicates that Chinese  President Xi Jinping is planning to tighten his grip on the former  British colony at any cost. He should prepare to rack up a formidable  bill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The communiqu\u00e9 includes two ominous pledges. First, China\u2019s central government will \u201ccontrol and rule\u201d (guanzhi)  Hong Kong (and Macau) using \u201call the powers vested in [it] under the  constitution and the Basic Law,\u201d the mini-constitution that defines Hong  Kong\u2019s status. Second, it will \u201cbuild and improve a legal system and  enforcement mechanism to defend national security\u201d in both special  administrative regions. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>View the complete article including image and links at:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/commentary\/china-hong-kong-crackdown-security-by-minxin-pei-2019-11\">https:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/commentary\/china-hong-kong-crackdown-security-by-minxin-pei-2019-11<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project Syndicate, by Minxin Pei &#8212; November 13, 2019 In 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared that by the time the People\u2019s Republic celebrates its centenary in 2049, it should be a \u201cgreat modern socialist country\u201d with an advanced economy. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/chinas-risky-endgame-in-hong-kong\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13829,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13827\/revisions\/13829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}