[HK is not like Tiananmen Square – China is a superpower now and that is worrying] China’s international clout has made nations reluctant to speak out as they did after the massacre in 1989 – but we need the international community to stand with HKhttps://www.independent.co.uk/voices/hong-kong-protests-china-tiananmen-square-anniversary-human-rights-a9548981.html#gsc.tab=0 …
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3/ Communist China has four times the US population, and 3.5 times that of the EU, and a significantly more vigorous economic growth. If data offers a predictor of the fate of the world, it might not be a good one for those believing in the universal principles of human rights.
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4/ Last Monday, 7 former UK foreign secretaries called for their country to live up to its historical responsibility, and lead an international coalition to defend HK’s “1country2systems”. A similar framework was successfully drawn up during the Balkan Wars of the 1990s.
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5/ The proposal goes in the right direction: can we dream of a “democratic league” to keep Chinese dragon at bay in HK, Taiwan, and throughout the world? All those who appreciate democracy & free speech might be keenly interested in working for this to become more than a dream.
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6/ There is hope. Starting from Hong Kong, democracies around the world must come together to stand their ground. Standing with Hong Kong, the world can show that out of unity, strength is born, and out of strength, freedom can be preserved.pic.twitter.com/zyCvdmRP52
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I'm sorry, who members have signed an independent investigation, including China. The United States has retired from the group, don't fool people. You're just messing with people who aren't reading.
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