国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

Opinion / Editorials

Hong Kong a 'US overseas territory'? That's a joke

(China Daily) Updated: 2016-05-09 07:29

Hong Kong a 'US overseas territory'? That's a joke

A view of Hong Kong's Central business district. Edmond Tang / China Daily

Yet another example of political hallucination masquerading as intellectual expression has emerged in Hong Kong recently in the form of a suggestion that the special administrative region should become an overseas territory of the United States.

The term "overseas territory" may remind people of Puerto Rico, the latest addition to US territories supposedly by popular choice, which many local residents are already regretting.

In Hong Kong's case, however, even Washington knows pigs don't fly.

Given the number of think tanks and the intellectual freedom in the US it would have surprised no one if some of them had thought about Hong Kong being an overseas territory back in the 1980s, when Britain was negotiating with China over the future of the city.

Since Washington has never publicly acknowledged such a scenario was even considered, those in Hong Kong who like the sound of it should sincerely ask any US strategist or foreign relations expert why that was the case.

The "dreamers" in Hong Kong may find solace in the fact that the US government will always come out in support of their freedom of expression. But, whether they like it or not, they are better off not expecting any words from Uncle Sam that even remotely fuel their fantasy.

They should accept the reality that "US interests" outweigh other "values" when it comes to decision-making in Washington.

Some people may say "never say never" and "nothing is impossible." That might be why these Hong Kong "dreamers" keep deluding themselves, but the reality is they are living in cloud cuckoo land.

Do any of them seriously believe they can go beyond merely talking about it?

If the answer is yes, they should have asked Washington to "like" and "share" this "dream" of theirs first, in which case it would have immediately become clear such a dream is simply pie in the sky.

But then even most Hong Kong residents don't share this dream.

And all that aside, it is ultimately up to the Chinese nation to decide whether such a "Hong Kong dream" will come true or not.

And we all know the answer-No!

...
崇信县| 梧州市| 惠来县| 湘潭市| 桂东县| 铅山县| 西乌珠穆沁旗| 宜章县| 漠河县| 吐鲁番市| 阳江市| 闵行区| 攀枝花市| 平阴县| 保亭| 洪湖市| 岳普湖县| 泰安市| 庄浪县| 镇江市| 景洪市| 张家港市| 铜梁县| 邯郸县| 南陵县| 册亨县| 顺平县| 安丘市| 松潘县| 宜兰县| 开原市| 高密市| 遂平县| 龙里县| 灵武市| 兴和县| 图们市| 衡阳市| 英山县| 贺州市| 冷水江市|