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@Bussard Ramjet
I am happy that ... ...
More and more Chinese across the globe are realizing that PRC mortal enemies
are combined power and resources of ( usa, Japan, India, aussie ) + ( UK, France ).
I am happy that ... ...
More and more Chinese across the globe are realizing that PRC mortal enemies
are combined power and resources of ( usa, Japan, India, aussie ) + ( UK, France ).
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Hit them where it hurts the most... their wallet.
Until they are bankrupt.
That's how they do it in Singapore.
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indians were good servants of white men.
Most Chinese already know. Just like every nation there will be some western asshole reamers who have been raise into believing the west is strong like 1839. In reality the west, particular US is dying. Trump know this and trying to reverse the process. But too late. The bankers almost sucked all the US blood. They are doomed.
Philippines and Malaysia know this, thus they are turning away from US.
These two idiots are not in HK parliament anymore. Stupid young punks lost a 90,000 hkd/ month easy paying job.
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http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/07/19/can-china-get-rich-after-getting-old/
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Our study also suggests that in recent years, entering the high-income country grouping has been more probable from an ageing population base than from countries that are home to younger populations, as in the case of Japan and South Korea’s transitions. This implies that ageing China may have a better chance of reaching high-income status than is feared.
Comparisons of China with countries that have recently ascended to the high-income bracket in the presence of an ageing population — such as the Czech Republic, Russia, Slovakia and Uruguay — also point toward optimism in China’s broader chance of reaching its high-income grouping aspirations. For example, China’s research and development investment level as a share of GDP is now above the level of countries having recently entered the high-income group, and the country’s technology exports are above even the OECD average.
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You're one of the sane members of India. But can you elaborate on the population thing?
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In summary china is amazing
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That's western media misconception, they are always confused about Hong Kong's identity, the title should be pro government.
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http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...ousands-turn-out-decry-hong-kong-independence
Thousands turn out to decry Hong Kong independence
Marchers take to streets day after Beijing’s top man in city slams ‘blasphemy’ in Legco oath-taking
PUBLISHED : Monday, 14 November, 2016, 12:24am
UPDATED : Monday, 14 November, 2016, 1:12am
COMMENTS:155
11 Nov 2016
Opponents of Hong Kong independence staged a show of force yesterday as thousands of people took to the streets around the government headquarters in one of the largest rallies of its kind in recent years.
The demonstration, which organisers said was attended by more than 40,000 people, followed a withering attack on separatism by Beijing’s top man in the city, Zhang Xiaoming, who upped the ante in the controversy over the Legislative Council oath- taking saga.
Zhang accused localist lawmakers of “blasphemy” against the oaths and of treating the wider Hong Kong community like “idiots”.
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying also warned in a rare interview with Xinhua that his government would not allow independence advocates to “appear in the city’s political system”, including the Legislative Council and civil service, or to spread their ideas in schools.
Leung also hinted that he would seek re-election, as he claimed that he had achieved much of his election promises four years ago, and now Hong Kong “needs to continue with the work” he started.
At the rally outside the Legco complex in Admiralty yesterday, protesters also voiced their support for Beijing’s ruling last week that lawmakers who failed to take the Legislative Council oath “sincerely” would face disqualification.
The rally’s organiser, the Anti-Hong Kong Independence Alliance, said more than 40,000 attended the rally .
The police said the turnout peaked at 28,500.
Controversy first erupted on October 12 when Younspiration duo Sixtus Baggio Leung Chung-hang and Yau Wai-ching swore allegiance to the “Hong Kong nation” and mimicked a derogatory term used by the Japanese during wartime to insult China during their oath-taking.
Their actions prompted China’s top legislative body to issue a ruling on November 7 that stated lawmakers would face instant disqualification for failing to take their oaths when being sworn in “sincerely”.
Mok Ka-kit, a student at City University, applied for a judicial review in the High Court last month over the legality of the oaths taken by the Youngspiration pair. Speaking at the rally in Admiralty yesterday, Mok vowed to revise his writ to challenge the legality of other democratic lawmakers, who chanted slogans after finishing their oaths.
Attending the rally, Tin Shui Wai resident Mr Cheng, 72, said: “I was born during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, I was very angry about [Baggio Leung and Yau] ... I think those lawmakers who shouted slogans should be disqualified too.”
Another attendee, who only identified himself as Mr Cheung, said he brought along his son “to let him know that Hong Kong must be governed in accordance with law”.
The alliance organiser Stanley Ng Chau-pei said the rally “showed the world that we are determined to safeguard territorial integrity”.
He added that there were over 10,000 people who could not attend the rally because the venue was too crowded.
The demonstration came a day after Zhang spoke at the Beijing-friendly Pui Kiu Middle School’s 70th anniversary dinner in Wan Chai on Saturday.
The dinner was closed to media, but according to a copy of the speech released on the central government’s liaison office’s website, Zhang addressed the topic of “lawmakers-elect who publicly advocated Hong Kong independence”.
“Unless they are assuming all people are idiots, they could not deny that they went against the procedure and blasphemed the oath’s content,” he said.
He described the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress as taking “necessary action in accordance with law and its responsibility”.
On Friday, President Xi Jinping called for national unity in a strongly worded speech, vowing to oppose separatism in any form and taking aim at Taiwan and independence sentiment in Hong Kong.
“We will never allow anyone, any organisation, any party to split off any tract of territory from China any time, or in any way,” Xi said.
Zhang said Xi’s speech was to date “the sternest warning against separatist forces in Taiwan and Hong Kong”.
The senior official said the oath-taking controversy as well as some Hongkongers’ opposition to the Basic Law were reminders that “we need to pay attention to the issue of patriotic education in schools”.
Thousands turn out to decry Hong Kong independence
Marchers take to streets day after Beijing’s top man in city slams ‘blasphemy’ in Legco oath-taking
PUBLISHED : Monday, 14 November, 2016, 12:24am
UPDATED : Monday, 14 November, 2016, 1:12am
COMMENTS:155
11 Nov 2016
Opponents of Hong Kong independence staged a show of force yesterday as thousands of people took to the streets around the government headquarters in one of the largest rallies of its kind in recent years.
The demonstration, which organisers said was attended by more than 40,000 people, followed a withering attack on separatism by Beijing’s top man in the city, Zhang Xiaoming, who upped the ante in the controversy over the Legislative Council oath- taking saga.
Zhang accused localist lawmakers of “blasphemy” against the oaths and of treating the wider Hong Kong community like “idiots”.
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying also warned in a rare interview with Xinhua that his government would not allow independence advocates to “appear in the city’s political system”, including the Legislative Council and civil service, or to spread their ideas in schools.
Leung also hinted that he would seek re-election, as he claimed that he had achieved much of his election promises four years ago, and now Hong Kong “needs to continue with the work” he started.
At the rally outside the Legco complex in Admiralty yesterday, protesters also voiced their support for Beijing’s ruling last week that lawmakers who failed to take the Legislative Council oath “sincerely” would face disqualification.
The rally’s organiser, the Anti-Hong Kong Independence Alliance, said more than 40,000 attended the rally .
The police said the turnout peaked at 28,500.
Controversy first erupted on October 12 when Younspiration duo Sixtus Baggio Leung Chung-hang and Yau Wai-ching swore allegiance to the “Hong Kong nation” and mimicked a derogatory term used by the Japanese during wartime to insult China during their oath-taking.
Their actions prompted China’s top legislative body to issue a ruling on November 7 that stated lawmakers would face instant disqualification for failing to take their oaths when being sworn in “sincerely”.
Mok Ka-kit, a student at City University, applied for a judicial review in the High Court last month over the legality of the oaths taken by the Youngspiration pair. Speaking at the rally in Admiralty yesterday, Mok vowed to revise his writ to challenge the legality of other democratic lawmakers, who chanted slogans after finishing their oaths.
Attending the rally, Tin Shui Wai resident Mr Cheng, 72, said: “I was born during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, I was very angry about [Baggio Leung and Yau] ... I think those lawmakers who shouted slogans should be disqualified too.”
Another attendee, who only identified himself as Mr Cheung, said he brought along his son “to let him know that Hong Kong must be governed in accordance with law”.
The alliance organiser Stanley Ng Chau-pei said the rally “showed the world that we are determined to safeguard territorial integrity”.
He added that there were over 10,000 people who could not attend the rally because the venue was too crowded.
The demonstration came a day after Zhang spoke at the Beijing-friendly Pui Kiu Middle School’s 70th anniversary dinner in Wan Chai on Saturday.
The dinner was closed to media, but according to a copy of the speech released on the central government’s liaison office’s website, Zhang addressed the topic of “lawmakers-elect who publicly advocated Hong Kong independence”.
“Unless they are assuming all people are idiots, they could not deny that they went against the procedure and blasphemed the oath’s content,” he said.
He described the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress as taking “necessary action in accordance with law and its responsibility”.
On Friday, President Xi Jinping called for national unity in a strongly worded speech, vowing to oppose separatism in any form and taking aim at Taiwan and independence sentiment in Hong Kong.
“We will never allow anyone, any organisation, any party to split off any tract of territory from China any time, or in any way,” Xi said.
Zhang said Xi’s speech was to date “the sternest warning against separatist forces in Taiwan and Hong Kong”.
The senior official said the oath-taking controversy as well as some Hongkongers’ opposition to the Basic Law were reminders that “we need to pay attention to the issue of patriotic education in schools”.
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So true, it only needs about twenty thousand votes to get in the LegCo of HK, especially for now you don't need field experience, knowledge and wisdom. What you need for those idiots vote for you is keep yelling "HK independent" and throwing bricks. They really killed off their easy paying job with their immaturity, but the worse is they are now the enemy of all patriot Chinese and with their un-apologizing attitude no one is going to hire them. The only good they have done is giving CCP an excuse to clean up the traitors in our LegCo. Their doomsday is coming.
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NPC interpretation a blow to HK extremists
Source: Global Times Published: 2016/11/7 22:58:40
The National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee issued an interpretation of Article 104 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Monday, based on which, newly elected members of the Legislative Council (LegCo) who advocated "Hong Kong independence" and disgraced the country and people shall lose their eligibility to become lawmakers. There is no question that Leung Chung-hang and Yau Wai-ching will be expelled from the LegCo.
Hong Kong public officers in future must take the oath strictly in accordance with the law. Anyone who desecrates the swearing-in ceremony will be disqualified and they shall assume legal responsibility should a false oath be sworn or the oath be violated.
The NPC interpretation has the same legal effect as the Basic Law and should be implemented without any reservation. The Hong Kong public and the whole of Chinese society will endorse it, and support the central government to crack down in accordance with the Constitution of the People's Republic of China and the Basic Law on unbridled provocations by pro-independence forces.
A handful of radicals incited a protest on Sunday afternoon. The Hong Kong police said about 8,000 turned out and the opposition forces put the protest numbers at 11,000, while after Leung and Yau uttered a profanity at the swearing-in ceremony at the LegCo last month, more than 1 million people signed an online petition demanding the immediate disqualification of the two as lawmakers.
Their clumsy performance at the oath-taking ceremony has hit the bottom line of the Basic Law and the Constitution. If their pro-independence acts are appeased, Hong Kong will be led to a dead end, with its stability and prosperity ruined.
A chaotic Hong Kong is by no means what the general public of the city hopes to see, nor is it the desire of Chinese society. The reality that a few Hong Kong public officers are bold in uttering unconstitutional remarks reflects that the foundation of the rule of law in the region is being eroded by some radical forces. As small as their number is, they are creating waves to mislead the public. At this critical juncture, it's of vital importance that the central government takes resolute action to make order out of confusion.
It's noticeable that extreme forces are not welcomed by the majority of Hongkongers. China's rise and the improving ties between China and the West has restrained the international anti-China forces from meddling into Hong Kong affairs. The failure of Hong Kong political extremists is expected.
The NPC interpretation doesn't set up any additional principles for Hong Kong. It has only re-emphasized the bottom line of the Constitution and the Basic Law and cleared up some ambiguities. We believe the central government will take a more clear-cut and firm attitude on issues concerning the bottom line in future. This will help ensure the smooth implementation of "one country, two systems." It's time for Hong Kong's extreme opposition to renew their understanding and reassess the situation. Confronting the Basic Law and the Constitution is doomed to fail.
Source: Global Times Published: 2016/11/7 22:58:40
The National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee issued an interpretation of Article 104 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Monday, based on which, newly elected members of the Legislative Council (LegCo) who advocated "Hong Kong independence" and disgraced the country and people shall lose their eligibility to become lawmakers. There is no question that Leung Chung-hang and Yau Wai-ching will be expelled from the LegCo.
Hong Kong public officers in future must take the oath strictly in accordance with the law. Anyone who desecrates the swearing-in ceremony will be disqualified and they shall assume legal responsibility should a false oath be sworn or the oath be violated.
The NPC interpretation has the same legal effect as the Basic Law and should be implemented without any reservation. The Hong Kong public and the whole of Chinese society will endorse it, and support the central government to crack down in accordance with the Constitution of the People's Republic of China and the Basic Law on unbridled provocations by pro-independence forces.
A handful of radicals incited a protest on Sunday afternoon. The Hong Kong police said about 8,000 turned out and the opposition forces put the protest numbers at 11,000, while after Leung and Yau uttered a profanity at the swearing-in ceremony at the LegCo last month, more than 1 million people signed an online petition demanding the immediate disqualification of the two as lawmakers.
Their clumsy performance at the oath-taking ceremony has hit the bottom line of the Basic Law and the Constitution. If their pro-independence acts are appeased, Hong Kong will be led to a dead end, with its stability and prosperity ruined.
A chaotic Hong Kong is by no means what the general public of the city hopes to see, nor is it the desire of Chinese society. The reality that a few Hong Kong public officers are bold in uttering unconstitutional remarks reflects that the foundation of the rule of law in the region is being eroded by some radical forces. As small as their number is, they are creating waves to mislead the public. At this critical juncture, it's of vital importance that the central government takes resolute action to make order out of confusion.
It's noticeable that extreme forces are not welcomed by the majority of Hongkongers. China's rise and the improving ties between China and the West has restrained the international anti-China forces from meddling into Hong Kong affairs. The failure of Hong Kong political extremists is expected.
The NPC interpretation doesn't set up any additional principles for Hong Kong. It has only re-emphasized the bottom line of the Constitution and the Basic Law and cleared up some ambiguities. We believe the central government will take a more clear-cut and firm attitude on issues concerning the bottom line in future. This will help ensure the smooth implementation of "one country, two systems." It's time for Hong Kong's extreme opposition to renew their understanding and reassess the situation. Confronting the Basic Law and the Constitution is doomed to fail.
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Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect makes debut
(Xinhua) 20:02, December 05, 2016
Photo taken on Dec. 5, 2016 shows a poster about the launching of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect in a securities company in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. The Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, the second link between bourses in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, made a debut on Monday. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
The Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, the second link between bourses in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, made a debut on Monday.
Stocks in both bourses of Shenzhen and Hong Kong closed slightly lower Monday afternoon. As of the close, only 1.059 billion RMB of the daily quota for southbound trading (10.5 billion RMB) and 2.711 billion RMB of the quota for northbound trading (13 billion RMB), were used up.
HKEX Chief Executive Charles Li said at a launch ceremony that he did not expect a sharp rise in turnover shortly after the launch, since "the openness of China's market is already at a high level" because a similar link between the Shanghai and Hong Kong bourses has been launched in 2014.
The significance of launching the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect lies in "demonstrating China's most innovative industries and enterprises to investors in the world", Li stressed.
Grand ceremonies were held simultaneously Monday morning at Hong Kong and Shenzhen bourses via video link as Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) Chairman Chow Chung-kong and Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying jointly beat a gong to mark the launch.
"Following the footsteps of Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect ... Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect is yet another milestone in deepening mutual access between the capital markets in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong," Leung said at the ceremony.
Compared with Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect, the new scheme between Shenzhen and Hong Kong represents "an enhanced version" in terms of its expanded scope of eligible securities, as well as the lift of limits on aggregate quota upon its launch, Leung said.
The new scheme is aimed at giving global investors access to stocks in the tech-heavy Shenzhen market via Hong Kong bourse. A total of 417 stocks on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong are eligible for trading, and 881 stocks are eligible on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
According to a recent research report by HSBC, since 70 percent of the enterprises listed in the Shenzhen bourse are from high-tech industries, the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect will provide global investors "unprecedented opportunities" to invest in the "future growth of China".
The Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect is exemplary of Hong Kong's combined advantages of "one country, two systems," he said.
"We are, indeed, a 'super-connector' between the rest of China and the rest of the world."
Li described the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect as "the second leg" for the stock markets in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, "Now we can walk, and then we can run."
HKEX said it is also considering to include the tradings of ETF, goods and bonds into similar "schemes of interconnectivity". (1 USD equals to 6.8830 RMB)
Liu Shiyu, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, addresses a launching ceremony of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 5, 2016. The Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, the second link between bourses in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, made a debut on Monday. (Xinhua)
Photo taken on Dec. 5, 2016 shows the interior of Shenzhen Stock Exchange after the launching of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. The Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, the second link between bourses in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, made a debut on Monday. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
(Xinhua) 20:02, December 05, 2016
Photo taken on Dec. 5, 2016 shows a poster about the launching of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect in a securities company in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. The Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, the second link between bourses in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, made a debut on Monday. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
The Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, the second link between bourses in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, made a debut on Monday.
Stocks in both bourses of Shenzhen and Hong Kong closed slightly lower Monday afternoon. As of the close, only 1.059 billion RMB of the daily quota for southbound trading (10.5 billion RMB) and 2.711 billion RMB of the quota for northbound trading (13 billion RMB), were used up.
HKEX Chief Executive Charles Li said at a launch ceremony that he did not expect a sharp rise in turnover shortly after the launch, since "the openness of China's market is already at a high level" because a similar link between the Shanghai and Hong Kong bourses has been launched in 2014.
The significance of launching the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect lies in "demonstrating China's most innovative industries and enterprises to investors in the world", Li stressed.
Grand ceremonies were held simultaneously Monday morning at Hong Kong and Shenzhen bourses via video link as Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) Chairman Chow Chung-kong and Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying jointly beat a gong to mark the launch.
"Following the footsteps of Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect ... Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect is yet another milestone in deepening mutual access between the capital markets in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong," Leung said at the ceremony.
Compared with Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect, the new scheme between Shenzhen and Hong Kong represents "an enhanced version" in terms of its expanded scope of eligible securities, as well as the lift of limits on aggregate quota upon its launch, Leung said.
The new scheme is aimed at giving global investors access to stocks in the tech-heavy Shenzhen market via Hong Kong bourse. A total of 417 stocks on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong are eligible for trading, and 881 stocks are eligible on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
According to a recent research report by HSBC, since 70 percent of the enterprises listed in the Shenzhen bourse are from high-tech industries, the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect will provide global investors "unprecedented opportunities" to invest in the "future growth of China".
The Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect is exemplary of Hong Kong's combined advantages of "one country, two systems," he said.
"We are, indeed, a 'super-connector' between the rest of China and the rest of the world."
Li described the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect as "the second leg" for the stock markets in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, "Now we can walk, and then we can run."
HKEX said it is also considering to include the tradings of ETF, goods and bonds into similar "schemes of interconnectivity". (1 USD equals to 6.8830 RMB)
Liu Shiyu, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, addresses a launching ceremony of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 5, 2016. The Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, the second link between bourses in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, made a debut on Monday. (Xinhua)
Photo taken on Dec. 5, 2016 shows the interior of Shenzhen Stock Exchange after the launching of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. The Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, the second link between bourses in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, made a debut on Monday. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
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Excellent. 
We need a lot more of these financial reforms in the coming years.
We need a lot more of these financial reforms in the coming years.Similar threads
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