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SHANMUGAM: CHINA CAN’T GIVE IN TO HK OR OTHERS IN CHINA MIGHT PROTEST TOO

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4 Oct 2014 - 4:16pm








During an interview with Chinese daily, Lianhe Zaobao, Foreigner Affairs Minister K Shanmugam explained that China is unlikely to give in to the demands of Hong Kong Protesters.
He warned that if they did, they would have to change their basic law and it would also encourage others in China to act out against the government, following the example of the Hong Kongers.
Shanmugam felt that China needs to be “very careful” and he said he also understands China’s concerns.
He also noted that a lot of Western Media has been portraying the situation with a lot of anti-China bias. Western media is claiming that China has denied Hong Kong of democracy and that they are restricting the city’s freedom. However, Mr Shanmugam pointed out that Hong Kong has not actually had a true democracy in the last 150 years when the British were in power either.
Shanmugam said that he Sino-British Declaration on the handover of Hong Kong did not mention anything about universal suffrage, something the protesters in Hong Kong are calling for now.
“What Beijing is proposing is more than what Hong Kong ever had under the British. The Western media do not report these,” explained Mr Shanmugam.
Talking more about China’s perspective on the issue, Shanmugam explained that China wants to ensure unity and progress for the 1.3 billion people in China. He said that for China, staying away from a proper democracy will allow them to progress faster and develop more effectively.






Shanmugam gave the example of the US where politics has led to problems about budgets and a lack of much needed law reform because the two major parties keep blocking each other.
Another example was the break up of the Soviet Union and the weakness of Russia following the premature restructuring of political systems before the economics were strong.
Giving these examples, Shanmugam defended China’s move to keep democracy out and not to give in to Hong Kong protesters’ demands.
Shanmugam went on to say that Hong Kongers need to understand that China has acted in accordance with the basic law and they need to recognise that they are part of China and there are some things that China will allow and others that China will reject.
He added that Hong Kong is still heavily reliant on China.


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