Monday, August 19, 2019

China has growing pains as it becomes a world super power

Issues of an internal nature, relating to the governance of Hong Kong have become today's headlines around the world!  How will China deal with Hong Kong?  Given that Beijing believes in provincial governance, it should decide to let Hong Kong handle its affairs independently of Beijing when it concerns only its own self-governance.

But if Beijing assumes the stance of an autocracy (dictating to every province its will from Beijing), it will impose its own will and suffer whatever the consequences of that interference will bring.

That's what I believe.

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Host of news now: glimmers of democracy penetrate alien walls of despair! Keep the faith!

Libya--Truce in Tripoli just ended.  But it took for four days.  Lasting relief is in sight!

Yemen--The Saudi Arabian coalition is crumbling.  United Arab Republic pulling out its troops.  The Saudis relying even the more on Trump for military support, including drone decimation tactics.  As Trump seeks to overlook hostility of his alliance with the Saudis from Congress--which is, now more than ever before, inconsequential (if Trump has his way with it)? 

Moscow--I must say the Russian underground is doing a fantastic job!  Putin is putting together his own select military force as did the Germans of yore.  Nevertheless, despite his denunciations of the Moscow protests, Moscow citizens join to oppose the government's blocking of opposition local-area candidates from running.  The protesters have now tacked  on a long-standing demand to free political prisoners!

And, the HongKong protesters are not giving up after 10 weeks of embattlement with the police.  Long live their spirit as inspiration for liberty and autonomy to every person!

Indian Kashmir--after 70 years of insisting upon autonomy from harsh Indian rule, the Muslims of Indian Kashmir are not swaying from their insistence for either being recognized as statehood within India with its own independent autonomy or becoming a province in Pakistan.  The president of Pakistan is appealing to the nations of the world to enforce justice upon the regime in New Delhi and let the Muslims go, i.e. give up on Kashmir!