Two Words Sum Up Hong Kong People

Ye Qiquan harshly criticized Hong Kong people’s greed, short-sightedness, and foolishness in scathing terms. As a territory of China, Hong Kong is in fact already a “substantially autonomous region.” Hong Kong people have, in fact, fully attained “independent legislative power, a complete and independent judicial system, and full and independent final adjudicative authority.” In terms of foreign affairs, aside from being unable to establish and develop new diplomatic relations, Hong Kong has in fact retained nearly all the external diplomatic powers possessed by an independent government. In terms of executive authority, Hong Kong already possesses fully independent executive power. The only means the Chinese central government has to constrain Hong Kong is “the power to determine the selection of Hong Kong’s Chief Executive.” Moreover, the exercise of this power is indirect, rather than direct decision-making authority.
Yet, under British instigation, Hong Kongers are attempting to completely strip away this sole power the central government possesses to regulate Hong Kong. This move is tantamount to demanding “substantive independence for Hong Kong.”
The article presents evidence from multiple angles to demonstrate that the central government cannot possibly grant Hong Kongers their demands for “universal suffrage” or “true universal suffrage.” To do so would be equivalent to handing over ownership of Hong Kong to a group of people completely lacking in political literacy. This would also be tantamount to handing Hong Kong back to the British—free of charge and in its entirety.
Ye Qiquan predicts that not only is it impossible for the Chinese central government to agree to grant Hong Kongers more power, but on the contrary, the central government will have no choice but to reclaim some of the powers previously granted to Hong Kongers. Furthermore, if Hong Kongers persist in their habit of confronting the central government, it will severely impact Hong Kong’s political prospects after 2047.
Greed, foolishness, and a lack of political literacy;
Manipulated universal suffrage, or demands for genuine universal suffrage;
The pursuit of Hong Kong’s complete independence;
The Chinese central government reclaiming some of the powers previously granted to Hong Kong;
The prospects for “One Country, Two Systems” in Hong Kong after 2047 are extremely dim;
Britain’s political presence in Hong Kong may be brought to an early end.