The Hong Kong congress really has little power or influence to do anything about removing Carrie Lam. The first confrontation came when a bill making disrespecting the Chinese anthem sung in Hong Kong illegal. If passed and you boo the Chinese national anthem in Hong Kong you risk going to jail. They are responsible for escalating violence through intimidation forcing Beijing to act with these security laws. Most if not all of the Hong Kong police are basically a CCP ministry of state security force now. They perform the same actions only directed against Hong Kong citizens and often with violence.
In the South China Sea where the US Navay has been operating under freedom of navigation combat aircraft surveillance has been increasing. The volume of incidents involving in US Naval aircraft and Chinese aircraft have intensified during April and May. These tensions between China and the US could inevitably lead to a direct confrontation. These military confrontations have escalated during this global corona shake down (see Foreign Affairs for May 21, 2020 Military Confrontation In the South China Sea).
The US and China are dangerously close to a military confrontation in the South China Sea
Showdown In the South China Sea Approaching - Collapse of Supply Chains - Shortages Are Coming - "Malacca Paradox" - War and Coronavirus - TSMC Caught In Cross Fire Between US and China
Is TSMC Becoming a Pawn in the Trade War Between the U.S. and China?
________在香港一帮没有穿警服，没有委任证，没有警察证的蒙面人，自称是警察随便打人随便抓人… 哪里有共产党哪里就惨无人道。— 天天都反共 OVERTHROW CCP (@ccpisgarbage) May 21, 2020
In Hong Kong, a gang of masked men who did not wear police uniforms and did not have a police license claimed to be the police who casually beat people to arrest. pic.twitter.com/7FB50vsEXk
Source: The Guardian
'This is the end of Hong Kong': China pushes controversial security laws
Proposed legislation would effectively end one country, two systems status, say critics
Lily Kuo in Beijing, Verna Yu in Hong Kong, and Helen Davidson | May 21, 2020
China plans to push through sweeping national security laws for Hong Kong at its annual meeting of parliament, in a move that critics say will effectively end the territory's autonomy.
Beijing has been making it clear it wants new security legislation passed since huge pro-democracy protests last year plunged Hong Kong into its deepest turmoil since it returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
"National security is the bedrock underpinning the stability of the country," said Zhang Yesui, spokesman for the National People's Congress (NPC), the annual meeting of parliament that kicks off its full session on Friday.
Zhang announced that delegates at the NPC – a largely rubber-stamping exercise – would "establish and improve a legal framework and mechanism for safeguarding national security" in Hong Kong.
Condemnation of the proposal was swift, amid fears it could erase the "one country, two systems" framework that is supposed to grant the territory a high degree of autonomy.
"This is the end of Hong Kong," said pro-democracy Hong Kong legislator Dennis Kwok. "Beijing, the Central People's Government, has completely breached its promise to the Hong Kong people ... They are completely walking back on their obligation."
Article 23 of Hong Kong's mini-constitution, the Basic Law, says the city must enact national security laws to prohibit "treason, secession, sedition [and] subversion" against the Chinese government.
But the clause has never been implemented due to deeply held public fears it would curtail Hong Kong's cherished rights, such as freedom of expression. An attempt to enact article 23 in 2003 was shelved after half a million people took to the streets in protest.
'What better time than now?' Fears China will use crises to cement grip on Hong Kong
By passing a law in the NPC, Chinese authorities will effectively bypass local opposition.
Zhang said details of the proposal would be announced at NPC proceedings on Friday. The resolution is likely to be passed by China’s parliament next week.
The US president Donald Trump, who has ratcheted up his anti-China rhetoric as he seeks re-election in November, told reporters at the White House that "nobody knows yet" the details of China’s plan. "If it happens we'll address that issue very strongly," Trump said, without elaborating.
US State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus warned that imposing such a law would be "highly destabilising, and would be met with strong condemnation from the United States and the international community".
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Ed.'s note: Here is what we see concerning TSMC and Taiwan if Taiwan continues flaunting the US. More and more it is looking like TSMC is going to get a "blast wave" at one end of their factories. Consider this: it's over. Immediate economic collapse once total trade dislocation happens between the US and China. The US government (all governments) are enacting their centralized control plans - essential services supplies etc. All non-essential businesses are forced to close. You are now "non-essential" while "essential" bureaucrats with salaries and pensions will be made the heroes during this "Grand Theft Corona." There will be lower demand on everything, including high tech. The big tech firm Intel gains a reprieve, especially if TSMC gets a blast to kick off a war. TSMC in Taiwan is the wild card. War seems imminent...
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Intelligence briefing for 21 May 2020:
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