I've been paying closer attention to events in China over the past year, primarily because of the convergence between what is happening there with events in the United States - see, for instance Biden And Xi Agree About America; Reading For Pleasure; The New Leninists; Destroy The Four Olds; and the recent remark of progressive Georgetown Law School professor Lama Abu Odeh about events at that formerly respected institution; "If this echoes a Maoist take-over, that’s because it is. It passes the sniff test".
It's a neck and neck race between China and the U.S. as to which will be first to institute a social credit test for its citizens and which will prove the more successful in quashing dissent.
Surviving will require mental dexterity, situational flexibility, and an ability to manage language, all of which struck me reading an article today from Radio Television Hong Kong, the public broadcasting service in that formerly semi-independent territory. It reports an interview with Elsie Leung, former justice secretary of Hong Kong. Follow the twists and turns:
Calls for an end to one-party rule in China could be illegal – or they might not be – but in any case there is no one-party rule, a former justice secretary told Hongkongers on Wednesday.
She then stressed that China has a multi-party system, which is led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). At the same time, the CCP is the ruling party, and this is set out in the constitution, she said.
People should respect the constitution, and they should not say anything that challenges it, she added.
Watch and learn, folks. You'll need to know how to toe the line even though the line will be constantly moving. Remember, once you take the knee you will never be allowed to stand on your own two feet again.
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