Chinese President Xi Jinping might be taking a serious risk in trying to end the “one country, two systems” policy with Hong Kong especially as the US president tariffs have caused a world-wide downturn in economies all around the world. Hong Kong’s exclusion from tariffs has helped China’s economy. If Hong Kong falls, will Taiwan be the next target?
“Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?” is a quotation from Alexander Pope’s “Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot” of January 1735. It alludes to “breaking on the wheel”, a form of torture in which victims had their long bones broken by an iron bar while tied to a Catherine wheel.
superposition over 4 years ago
Chinese President Xi Jinping might be taking a serious risk in trying to end the “one country, two systems” policy with Hong Kong especially as the US president tariffs have caused a world-wide downturn in economies all around the world. Hong Kong’s exclusion from tariffs has helped China’s economy. If Hong Kong falls, will Taiwan be the next target?
https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3037579/beijings-plans-tighten-its-grip-hong-kong-could-spell-end-chinas
Radish the wordsmith over 4 years ago
“Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?” is a quotation from Alexander Pope’s “Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot” of January 1735. It alludes to “breaking on the wheel”, a form of torture in which victims had their long bones broken by an iron bar while tied to a Catherine wheel.