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Hong Kong: The crisis that needs an end
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Martin Jacques
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Martin Jacques speaks forthrightly on the crisis in Hong Kong and what needs to be done.

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Yiming Dong
Yiming Dong
8 months ago
The former chief executives have tired to reform but, the real estate business guys like Li Ka-shing managed to block the reform in every possible way, what a shame!

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Leon Luo
Leon Luo
8 months ago
Agreed that Hong Kong need a new start: One Country One System.

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john lee
john lee
8 months ago
The problem is that for 20 Yr the education was deliberately set to go against mainland. Hongkie only have themselves to blame. They refused reforms and marginalised themselves but blame the mainland.
Hongkie has always a "caste" mentality. They not only look westward but also downward.. Not just to mainland but also their neighbouring countries. The joke is everyone know they are rude crude and a pretentious lot. Nowadays no one talk about HK not even as a gateway especially since 2001.
Hongkies are caught in a "cognitive dissonance" and they refused to acknowledge it

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Carpe Diem
Carpe Diem
8 months ago
Martin Jacques indeed has first hand experience of the crooked conditions of Hong Kong people.

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Camren Davis
Camren Davis
8 months ago
Hong Kong is so screwed, and they blame China for it. They don't even know what they're "fighting"  for and they're vandalizing their own cities because of it. The British may have bequeathed their territory, but they kept their influence and got these young people riled up over nothing. Making them think they want democracy, that democracy is the answer to their problems. They're fools digging their own Graves.

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Zeis Siez
Zeis Siez
8 months ago
A politician from Norway nominated these Hong Kong protestors for Nobel Peace Prize. People who vandalized public facilities, burned down subways, thrown fuel bombs to policemen, beat up people who disagreed with them are nominated for contributions to peace. Is this world crazy or not ???

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Sunny Fung
Sunny Fung
8 months ago
As usual, you speak the truth with an honest assessment of the situation the only thing I would like to add is how the educational system had poisoned their mind and the teachers had sowed the seed of discord many years ago. Compare that to Macau where they were taught they at a very young age to love China. CIA and MI6 just took ad advantage of that and together with Jimmy Kai and few elites had absolutely destroyed their future.

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Frances Liu
Frances Liu
8 months ago
I can't agree with you more Mr Jacques! 👍

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astro ayumi
astro ayumi
8 months ago (edited)
Let Hk  become a rotten society and let's see what gonna happen to those lunatic thugs ,definitely no mercy on them !

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Kwok Wai Lai
Kwok Wai Lai
8 months ago
Hong Kong were under british colonial rules and there eas no democracy before 1997 under the. British. Now these young rioters make claims which are not reasonable. These rioters have committed crimes intentionally. They resort to lies, violence, and crimes. These kids have been spoiled. Juvenile Delinquency is not uncommon in modern society. This time, they vent out their irrational frustrations to commit crimes. They are criminals and should be handled as such.

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Patrick Veterlogh
Patrick Veterlogh
8 months ago
Actually, Sir, most of mainland younger Chinese don't care about rioters anymore, it's no doubt that CIA has interfered HK. Most of rioters are young ppl, they ruin their own future, whatever. Only HK's falling can make most of HKers see the ugly western politicians.

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PGU 1984
PGU 1984
8 months ago
Fair assessment. But it's going to be difficult to introduce socio-economic reforms. It's been tried before, and yet the people in the past voted against them. In essence, the HK citizens voted against their own interests then, which you unfortunately see happening often enough in democracies.

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ceychung yu
ceychung yu
8 months ago
Had the British been in rule in Hong Kong, these protest would have happened, these protestors would have  asked  China to take over the country.  The protest as described is desperation of youngsters with no destiny as long as the oligarchs control the land and finances. This may really be a catalyst that will destroy the Tycoons

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Kevin Sha
Kevin Sha
7 months ago
very intelligent view, appreciate it!!

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Adobo Those
Adobo Those
3 months ago
National security law is the new start. Hopefully more policies to come

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ah lee
ah lee
3 months ago
It is a pity to see most of the residents of Hong Kong still have their brain frozen to the colonial days especially among the public servants.

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beezibee
beezibee
3 months ago
Hind sight, the one country two systems was a mistake. It was a good intention gone bad because of foreign interference.



Asia Wonky
Asia Wonky
8 months ago
I wonder how you would explain why Macau one country two systems works whereas Hong Kong does not?

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shan ao
shan ao
6 months ago
分析得还是比较客观、深入的。



Yeoh Kok Leong
Yeoh Kok Leong
8 months ago
What Martin have said is very true. HK need a new fresh start & that process must come from the very top policy maker in Beijing itself. It got to start somewhere why not tomorrow.