1/5 #Hongkong Does anyone believe that China had any option other than to introduce national security legislation? Would any Western country tolerate months of violence and destruction in one of its major cities? The fact is that the West would have done the same.
2/5 The West must take its share of responsibility for the rioting. They celebrated and encouraged it - Western support was a critical factor for the rioters. Nor was the West ever honest about the shocking levels of violence, destruction and vigilantism. They turned a blind eye.
3/5 One country two systems was and is a great idea. It was China's idea, not the UK's. But the West never really accepted Chinese sovereignty. The UK - never able to let go of its colonial past - liked to think 2 systems meant one was China's and the other was the UK's.
4/5 They pretended HK belonged to the West as much as to China. Hence the continual interference in HK. Now clear that the rioters enjoyed not just Western support but also US funding. That illusion is now over. China has asserted its sovereignty. scmp.com/comment/opinio…
5/5 At the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, 53 countries supported China's new HK legislation and 27 opposed. 
