Bilahari Kausikan
17 June at 07:28 ·
These HK people have lost all sense of reality.
At some point Xi must act if this continues.
I am sure he would prefer to deal with HK after relations with the US stabilise and that is not going to happen anytime soon.
The HK people are probably banking on just that.
But what they want — which is essentially to separate HK from PRC domestic law in perpetuity — is impossible.
And Xi cannot afford to look weak precisely because at least in the medium term, he has no good options on the trade and technology front with the US.
If Xi’s hand is forced, it will not be pretty.
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