The real bottom line here: As long as you can make it back to HK then you are above the law in Macau/mainland China/Taiwan.
That should be mentioned more often.
That should be mentioned more often.
Not sure what’s going on with this account’s posting history. That said, this allegation is false.
Taiwan supports the protesters [1]. Taiwan and Hong Kong, both lawful jurisdictions, are free to enter into extradition agreements with each other. This extradition bill was a ham-fisted attempt by Beijing to subjugate Hong Kong. Ironically, in failing, it has shown Xi’s limited power [2].
[1] https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-expresses...
[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/16/world/asia/hong-kong-xi-j...
The whole bill was brought forward because of a HK resident accused of murdering his girlfriend in Taiwan and who fled back to HK. You can say that this was a pretext to bring the bill forward but it still highlights a real issue.
The Taiwanese government is being cynical here.
It's also difficult to see how this bill would "subjugate" HK if passed.
I do agree that the HK courts would need to be very thorough in considering extradition requests from the mainland and that their independence should be preserved.
> Ironically, in failing, it has shown Xi’s limited power
Or perhaps people are assuming that "one country, two systems" is a sham when it actually isn't.
Germany broadly prohibits the extradition of its citizens [1]. (As does China [2].) This doesn’t turn Germans and Chinese into lawless actors outside their borders. It just means their international crimes tend to be domestically prosecuted.
There are many ways to solve the problem of cross-border crime. Extradition is one of them. It works when you have two jurisdictions with rule of law. It is a bad solution between Hong Kong and China.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition#Own_citizens
[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition_law_in_China
What makes HK so special that they must have an extradition treaty with China?
Apart from being a Chinese territory?
It’s a bit reductive to describe Hong Kong as a “Chinese territory.”
What do you think would happen if China attempted to forcefully annex Hong Kong?
Lots of social media posts. Little action. Just like the Crimea.
HK is not Crimea (mentioned by someone else), it is Chinese but enjoys a high degree of autonomy until 2047.