The arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen on the charge of “collusion with foreign forces” signals the further withering away of human rights in Hong Kong, the result of an almost complete absorption of the once autonomous region by the People’s Republic of China.
In less than two years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has asserted almost complete control in Hong Kong. Other than possessing a generally open internet, the “special administrative region” is now like any other Chinese city. Although prosperous, Hong Kong is no longer free. The one country, two systems model promised by Beijing when the United Kingdom returned the territory to China in 1997 has become one country, one system.
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