Foxy,

In addition to the 10,000 offers to those in graduate study in Australia there was an offer to anyone who wanted to get out of Hong Kong I think aimed at enticing those with money to flee China in order to put cash into restarting our economy.

Last I heard Hong Kong is officially part of China so people should stop implying that it is a separate polity and that somehow the people of Hong Kong are not Chinese.

Anyway, this has really pissed China off and I believe it is about to exact a heavy vengeance on Australia for undermining its authority over its citizens.

We all understand that it is an attempt to stand up to China the bully but I think in this particular case it is a big mistake and I think Scott Morrison has bitten off more than he can chew.

I'm watching the news reports very closely on this one to see how it plays out and find out what China has install for us.

Mr O,

China agreed to "One Country - two systems" regarding Hong Kong.
This is part of a constitutional principal of the People's
Republic of China describing the governance of Hong Kong and
Macau. It was negotiated by China with the UK in the 1980s
that Hong Kong was to have its own governance in - legal and
economic affairs, including trade with foreign countries.

Scott Morrison is therefore quite free to deal with Hong Kong.
China can threaten all it wants. Scott Morrison simply needs
to stand firm. He knows he's right in what he's doing.
And China needs to back off.

Mr O,

it is going to be so great to see your predictions fail.

Foxy, agreed. China is simply attempting to bully, as we all know bullies fail when people stand up to them.

What, the CCP will fail, when HK stands up to it?

That will be the day.

Maybe we should send some academics to China to tell the CCP how wrong it is. They could refer to studies and international agreements.

No bullies, will do whatever they can get away with.

You can only fight bullies with real actions, not words.

Chris, lets see what happens. we are lucky enough to have a PM with a bit of grit. The post Covid19 world is going to be a lot less economically dependent on a country which exports mainly cheap electronics and clothing in my opinion. Russia has been virtually bankrupted by cheap oil, it wont take much for Chinas economic miracle to disappear and massive internal dissension to appear.