[Visas are only a lifeboat for Hong Kong. You must stand up to China] Joshua Wong tells Ben Machell that Beijing needs to learn that its power has limits.https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/visas-are-only-a-lifeboat-for-hong-kong-you-must-stand-up-to-china-8tw3hjmw9 …
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10/ But ofcourse UK could do more. What would have to happen for the UK to openly declare Beijing to be in violation of the Joint Declaration and file a complaint with the United Nations Security Council? That’s the thing the UK has always hesitated to do in the past.”
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11/ Wong was born in 1996, which means he should be eligible for one of Mr Johnson’s proposed visas, though he seems unsure about this. “I don’t hold a BNO passport and I am not sure whether I fit the qualification or not.”
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12/ And while he is too young to remember British rule and of God Save The Queen being broadcast on the radio, he and his friends grew up reading Harry Potter, something that would have been impossible just a few miles away on the Chinese mainland.
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13/ “The most important issue now is how we keep momentum building on a local level, but also keep the spotlight on HK globally. “We need the world to stand with us. We need vocal allies,” he says, frustration creeping into his voice for the first time.
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14/ “Even though China is the second-largest superpower in the world, they need to see that they can’t just do whatever they want.”pic.twitter.com/N9EZFDA08S
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