#CCP is using one a dirty tactic: deforming an idea. By asking public office holders to pledge allegiance to the Basic Law, it focuses on articles that stipulates #HongKong as a part of #China, and leaves out those that guarantees #HongKongers' constitutional rights such as freedom of speech and press. Likewise, by demanding office holders to uphold "One Country, Two Systems", it focuses solely on the interest of itself, and neglects all privileges and rights #HongKongers should enjoy in a free and capitalist system.
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"Holding everybody in public service to their legal obligations is one thing; but it is something else entirely to essentially attempt to purge everybody from any branch of government that holds and expresses a different viewpoint from that of the government," said Amnesty International's China team.
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#China #pledge #oath #nazi #chinazi #hitler #xijinping #TatCheng #TiffanyYuen #LesterShum #FergusLeung #DQ #disqualification #english #diyms
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"Holding everybody in public service to their legal obligations is one thing; but it is something else entirely to essentially attempt to purge everybody from any branch of government that holds and expresses a different viewpoint from that of the government," said Amnesty International's China team.
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#China #pledge #oath #nazi #chinazi #hitler #xijinping #TatCheng #TiffanyYuen #LesterShum #FergusLeung #DQ #disqualification #english #diyms