Extinguish the Declaration
The greatest aspect of the British Empire is its willingness
to correct its own mistakes. That is the
very reason British political changes are among the most peaceful ones in the
World. Her leaders recognized mistakes
early on and spared Her Majesty’s Peoples many unnecessary pain and suffering. The Sino-British
Joint Declaration was one of British’s attempts to resolve issues without
bloodsheds. It was a good decolonization
idea at that time, but it is clearly an epic failure. For the reasons listed below, the Peoples of
Hongkong therefore demand Britain to withdrawn from the Declaration.
Breach of Contract
The Declaration has been very clear about Beijing’s role in
Hongkong. It is strictly confined to
foreign affair and defense needs.
Nowhere in the Declaration gives Beijing the right to meddle in
Hongkonger’s nomination and selection of the territory’s leaders. The Party realizes her objective of complete totalitarianism
cannot be achieved by literally crushing Occupied
Central with guns and tanks. Therefore, she
stages fake civil opinions. Today,
hundreds of thousand took on the street in support of Beijing’s proposal of
Hongkong’s “electoral reform”. International news media will convey it as
Hongkonger’s acceptance to a Chinese style universal suffrage, one that the
nominees are preselected by Beijing.
Called by a British citizen and backed by the Beijing’s liaison
office in Hongkong, the anti-occupy movement is nothing Hongkong. Among the 1000 organizations that were urged
by the liaison office, 400 are high school alumni groups in the mainland and
200 are Chinese village associations.
This is a crude Chinese interference in Hongkong’s internal affair, a
violation of the Declaration. Further British government inaction is a
disgrace to Her Majesty. The fact that
the movement bares the figure head of a British citizen could suggest British’s
desire to suppress democratic freedom in her former colony. Making it a matter the British needs to come
clean.
Slave Trade
For a treaty that affects every aspect of our lives, the creation
of the Declaration was without
Hongkongers’ participation. Without the
locals’ consent, we were made Chinese. The
year was not 1500s where colonizers can make an American out of an
African. Yet, not unlike the slaves,
Hongkongers were “handovered” to China. With
a stroke of Maggie’s pen, our fate sealed and bond with this #1 murderous
regime in all history surprising Stalin, Hitler, and the Khans combined. To add salt to injuries, the Declaration calls for eventual
democratization under the Communist rule.
The Declaration was
signed in the hope to open China and isolate the former USSR. The strategy successfully brought down USSR
and won the cold war. Now Hongkongers
need British’s help in bringing in the international support. Hongkongers are not slaves, we need and
deserve a say as to how our home is maintained.
International Law
According to United National Resolution 1514, Britain has
the obligation to listen to Hongkong’s political aspiration. However, in the name of winning the cold war
and China Trade, Hongkongers become
the sacrificial lamb. To please China in
1972 and 1984, Britain sidestepped her obligation. She was silence when China removed Hongkong
from the UN list of colonies. She was completely
speechless when Chairman Tang threatened to roll tanks into Hongkong.
It is time to correct that mistake called Joint Declaration. As China is introducing Cultural Revolution into Hongkong, bloodshed would not be very far
away. According to Treaty of Nanjing, Hongkong is British forever. Hongkongers are born British regardless of
colours. Therefore, the British
Parliament needs to step up. The lack of
military ability is no excuse. At the
very least, let justice be heard. With international
assistance in hosting a fair referendum, Hongkongers can determine our own
future. Please scrap the Declaration, our deliverance into
slavery.
We are Hongkongers, not Chinese!
