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WSJ: China's 'One Country, Two Systems' Trap公仔箱論壇 J+ m% Y% @8 I
TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。' p0 {' T- _/ r Beijing's unmet promises to Hong Kong are a lesson for Taiwan.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 |$ E: ] G9 q4 G( w
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Protesters hold signs during a 'Free Speech, Free Hong Kong' march in support of press freedom in Hong Kong on February 23. European Pressphoto Agency2 H2 A( l/ K8 o. P% V% N! i8 k
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3 V# ~" |% A! j3 m$ s% c+ hThe recent stabbing of government critic Kevin Lau is horrible enough for the people of Hong Kong. But it is also damaging to Beijing's efforts to convince the people of Taiwan to support official negotiations aimed at eventual reunification with mainland China.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! [3 n: B" [% r
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In 1984, Chinese supremo Deng Xiaoping promised the world that the British colony would keep its civil liberties and gradually transition to democracy after its return to Chinese sovereignty in1997. He devised a "one country, two systems" formula not only for Hong Kong, but also as a model for reunification with Taiwan. "We have proposed to solve the Hong Kong and Taiwan problems by allowing two systems to coexist in one country," Deng said.os.tvboxnow.com7 m- e& _1 N3 B- @' [+ z! l
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Last month China and Taiwan held official government-to-government talks for the first time in more than six decades. China still claims the right to capture Taiwan by force and has some 1,600 missiles pointed at the democratic island, but for now Beijing is deploying more honey than vinegar. Chinese leaders emphasize peaceful integration as the eventual outcome of expanded cross-Strait transport links,tourism and commerce. Beijing hopes that business and fraternal ties will lead the Taiwanese to choose reunification under a "one country, two systems" framework. - p. U, V" `' A& |) P* ^- y; ]* Z2 ?9 t | ^ {& _1 N2 `
That's where Hong Kong comes in. Before taking over the territory, Beijing promised that its local government would enjoy autonomy over all internal affairs, civil liberties would be protected and the judiciary would stay independent. None of those promises has been fulfilled. 3 n6 s$ `2 l% t } * f" k, l" m) r8 s! T Z1 {( m# `公仔箱論壇Since the 1997 handover, Beijing has taken an increasingly active role in Hong Kong's domestic affairs.The central government's liaison office in the territory has pushed the local government into unpopular policies such as mandatory"national education" classes in Hong Kong schools that would teach not only love of country but admiration for the ruling Communist Party. Only mass protests forced the local government to scrap the scheme. 5 F! Y4 I5 Z8 ?5 T S" x( G. R $ D6 {: s% y: G' y. P6 z4 YIn 2003, Beijing asked Hong Kong's government to draft an antisubversion law that threatened to criminalize political dissent. That gambit died after half a million Hong Kongers took to the streets in the largest protests since 1989.公仔箱論壇: X% {) x9 g: Q+ m% A
+ g/ s p+ A( @% ]TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Hong Kong's press freedom is also eroding. Outspoken newspapers and magazines have increasingly lost advertising from companies with business in the mainland, while prominent critics of China have often lost their jobs or worse. The Feb. 27 knife attack on Mr. Lau came a month after he was fired as editor of the Ming Pao daily newspaper and days after several thousand Hong Kongers marched in a"Free Speech, Free Hong Kong" rally. An estimated 13,000 rallied again after the stabbing, and Mr. Lau has begun a recovery that doctors say will take two years. 9 ]1 [/ l1 V) P3 yTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。2 V8 \1 E* H/ i, T) d- C/ k
In a series of decisions, the National People's Congress in Beijing has also overruled judgments of Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal by issuing tortuous reinterpretations of the territory's mini-constitution, the Basic Law. Mainland officials and legal scholars have criticized Hong Kong judges for not helping the government achieve its objectives. 6 o& n# \; ?+ J' U3 f* Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( {" A+ q0 S5 b2 J6 H2 W" O
Beijing's most important promise in the Basic Law was the eventual election of Hong Kong's chief executive by universal suffrage. It subsequently agreed that this would happen in 2017 but is now trying to rig the system so that only its favored politicians could qualify as candidates. This backsliding is especially dangerous, since local pro-democracy leaders are promising mass demonstrations this summer.公仔箱論壇7 n' R2 ^# r" k& E- W; ?8 ?/ O
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Hong Kong's travails help explain why most Taiwanese reject any discussion of unification with the mainland, even after several years of cross-Strait calm. Talks between Beijing and Taipei may open the way for further cooperation on trade and other matters. But a breakthrough on reunification won't happen as long as Beijing remains authoritarian and continues to break its promises to Hong Kong.os.tvboxnow.com1 X* g, }8 G( a9 G$ X3 `0 v4 W
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