Enforced by the "Hong Kong National Security Law", non-establishment factions were arrested on a large scale, Li Zhiying was in custody, "Apple Daily" was closed, and the election system was revised... The political situation in Hong Kong has changed greatly in the past year.
The report of the Hong Kong Institute of Public Opinion in March this year has shown that 20% of the respondents plan to emigrate.
Although some people are still talking about immigration, many people have taken the first step, and after a few months, the relevant figures are only going to be higher.
The immigration wave reflects more or less a prediction of many citizens for the future direction of Beijing's policy of governing Hong Kong: the era of Beijing's strict governance of Hong Kong has begun, and the space for "one country, two systems" is getting smaller and smaller.
To grasp Beijing’s intentions for governing Hong Kong, we must first understand that in the eyes of the central government, the passive "one country, two systems" governance method has not worked since the reunification, and the SAR government's serious lack of action has made the deep-seated political, economic and social conflicts of Hong Kong difficult to return and erupt The riots in Occupy Central, Mong Kok and the turmoil of the amendment.
The central government is now adjusting its thinking in governing Hong Kong, actively formulating the "Hong Kong National Security Law", deciding on the extension of the legislative council members, and revising the election system.
The management of "Apple Daily" and related companies were sued by the police under the "Minato National Security Law", and they must be understood in this context.
The series of actions of the regime are extremely urgent and difficult for many citizens to accept. However, the central government is clearly targeting social stability and political order, and it is fighting against the political forces that promote independence.
From the teleological point of view, with the improvement of the national security system and the improvement of the safety factor, Beijing's governance of Hong Kong will inevitably withdraw from the struggle mode of stopping violence and chaos, and it can even be understood by first being strict and then lenient.
Reconstructing one country, two systems to avoid too much
Needless to say, some people in Hong Kong worry that the CCP will push political correctness to the extreme in this process, and it will make mistakes that it is not as good as it is.
This is undoubtedly a challenge for the CCP. It must recognize the inertia of its own system. In the past, there have been crises of preferring left to right.
This is why Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, has clearly pointed out that it is not necessary to "get a clear picture" and mentioned that the central government "understands and tolerates" Hong Kong citizens "with various prejudices and prejudices against the country and the mainland."
But on the other hand, Hong Kong people must also realize that the CCP has always been proud of "one country, two systems" and regard it as a model of the system that is of great significance to reform and opening up and the settlement of the Taiwan issue.
"One country, two systems" concerns the overall situation of the country and is one of the fundamental systems established by the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. How could the Communist Party destroy the Great Wall by itself?
Since Beijing does not want to see Hong Kong's "one country, two systems" fail, Hong Kong will certainly not become an ordinary mainland city.
In this sense, the CCP’s actions in the past year have been tough and severe, but it has also reconstructed the "One Country, Two Systems" approach and formulated the "One Country, Two Systems 2.0" approach to address past problems in a targeted manner.
More importantly, "One Country, Two Systems" itself is a dialectical principle that encompasses both strictness and lenient. "One country" is the premise and foundation, and tends to be strict. "Two systems" is a political space and tends to be loose.
When the bottom line of "one country" is firmly established, it is logical that the "two systems" enjoy greater space. It can be expected that the central government will grant Hong Kong more space to develop its own system.
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