Zhang Bingliang said that Hong Kong has entered a new era of "second transition" and Hong Kong-style democracy has changed track

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Written by: Peng Zhuowei

2021-04-10 11:50

Last update date: 2021-04-10 11:50

Zhang Bingliang, the former Secretary of the Transport and Housing Bureau and the current chair professor of public administration at the Education University of Hong Kong, said that the Central Government passed the "Hong Kong National Security Law" last year and the SAR political system was rectified in March this year to ensure "total governance" and "patriotism". In response to the chaos of the past two years and highlighting the main theme of "national security," Hong Kong has also comprehensively adjusted the specific operations of "one country, two systems" and entered a new era of "second transition."

Zhang Bingliang believes that under the central government's heavy medicine, the political ecology must change. Whether Hong Kong can be ruled out after chaos or political restructuring will lead to more complicated interests and power competitions, and endless deep-seated contradictions. It is not yet known, but it is certain. What's more, Hong Kong-style democracy has changed. The past efforts in various fields have been in vain. I believe that no matter what the pan-democrats or the establishment parties, they must think deeply about where to go, and civil society must also reflect on its positioning and how to play its role.

Zhang Bingliang said in the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Hong Kong Family Letters" that Hong Kong in 2019 has changed its shape and has become a city that seeks political correctness, tears apart, competes with populism, can use justice to rationalize violence and destruction, and loses compatibility. " There are many factors in the incident, and the government is obliged to do so."

"One Country, Two Systems" has been tested as never before, Hong Kong can no longer look back

He said that "One Country, Two Systems" has been tested as never seen before. Due to the constraints of the internal system and the differentiation of interests, Hong Kong has always been unable to show the will to carry out necessary social policy and economic structural reforms. Therefore, if you do not advance, you will retreat. slowly disappear.

The political, economic, and social patterns of people’s livelihood are multiple difficulties, and there is an inevitable tension in "one country, two systems," coupled with the pain caused by the gradual integration of the two places, which has fostered popular grievances and the awareness of separation that has spread in the new generation in recent years.

In the anti-amendment turmoil in 2019, Zhang Bingliang said that some protesters thought they were trying all means to fight for democracy and freedom, but from the central point of view, there was a turmoil that ignored the law and discipline, attacked the regime, and challenged the country, that is, extreme resistance. "Lan Chao" with his hands hanging on the side of his mouth all the time.

Moreover, in recent years, the United States has regarded China as its enemy and has been eager to "encircle China and contain China." The speculators have bet on the United States, causing Hong Kong to fall into the vortex of international geopolitical wrestling. It suffers the damage first and destroys its international image. Such a sudden change is infinitely embarrassing."

Zhang Bingliang said that what kind of "Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong" will emerge from this process has to be explained by the next stage of history. He described Hong Kong as having no way of turning back, and that future development needs to be based on China. He called on young people not to be depressed or vain. He emphasized For the international community not to forget Hong Kong, "it does not depend on Hong Kong's fall, but on Hong Kong's standing up again."

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