موجودہ حکومت اپنے سیاسی مخالفین کو دیوار سے لگانے اور معیشیت تباہ کرنے میں اتنی مصروف تھی کہ اسے نظر ہی نہیں آیا کہ کس طریقے سے مودی نے ہم سے کشمیر چھین لیا ہے۔ چیئرمین پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی، بلاول بھٹوزرداری (3/4) pic.twitter.com/ABryiQ4lSM
The young woman speaks truth. What is frightening is no one is talking about 9mm people being cut off. The void of global leadership is striking. https://t.co/vtNiHhhH60
Holy shit. They did it. The crazy bastards did it. @MSNBC created a graphic with photos of the 20 candidates to appear in the first debates, and they actually went so far as to remove @AndrewYang and include someone who didn't even qualify. This is shameless in how brazen it is. pic.twitter.com/IOD2dxwFcY
"The President is in a world of trouble...He's doing miserably in all of the states including Iowa...The farmers have turned on him. There's almost no one left," says The Young Turks host @cenkuygur on recent polling. "...Donald Trump will leave office before his term is up." pic.twitter.com/sJLv4ml5vL
If you go back into this blog's archives, I have consistently talked of Andrew Yang as the Secretary Of Labor. But now I have started to talk of him as a possible president. For a guy who has never been Mayor, Senator, Governor, Billionaire, for him to clock at 4% is mind-blowing. The dude has gone viral. I don't think anything like this has happened in a US presidential campaign.
The guy has the greatest momentum. He is polling at 4% nationally, he is in the fifth position. But measured by Google Search he is in the second position on his way to first.
It is amazing to me how the UBI idea falls into the blind spot of even the "socialists." Because the UBI idea truly is post-capitalism, post-socialism.
Andrew Yang represents a generational change. He also represents the 21st century. He represents the knowledge economy.
After the scrapping of Article 370, two developments can be expected.
One, the parties that used to take turns ruling Kashmir can be expected to go to the Supreme Court to challenge the decision.
Two, some of the terrorist organizations inside Pakistan, with full support from the army and the ISI, might engineer an attack inside India, the larger the better. It is for the Indian state to foil any such move. At least there is a forewarning. This is going to be politically expensive for Pakistan. It is no longer denying that it backs terrorist organizations. It is now hinting it will instigate attacks inside India through terrorist organizations.
"We will go to any extent," said Imran Khan. What is that supposed to mean?
It is highly possible the Supreme Court will side with the Modi government decision. But such a move by Abdullah and/or Mufti would be a welcome venting. Let out the steam. Media coverage of the legal move should allow for the peaceful airing of views from both sides. That would be welcome.
The possible terrorist attack has to be prevented. That is a serious intelligence and hardware challenge. The traditional war has been stalemated by nuclear weapons, but the asymmetric war goes on.
पाकिस्तान के प्रधान मंत्री इमरान खान साहब काश्मीर मसले को चीन के सहयोग से संयुक्त राष्ट्र संघ को ले गए। धारा ३७० को सेक्युरिटी कॉउन्सिल ने भारतका आतंरिक मामला घोषित कर दिया। उन्होंने गुजारिश की कि दुनिया भर के मुसलमान कश्मीर के मुद्दे पर एक हो जाओ। तो गल्फ देश एक के बाद एक मोदी को अवार्ड बगैरह दिए जा रहे हैं।
भारत लाइन ऑफ़ कण्ट्रोल के पार कोइ बदमाशी न कर सकता है न करने दे सकता है। मीडिया में सारा काश्मीर हमारा है कहना अलग बात है। दोनों कह रहे हैं। मसला ये है कि भारत के काश्मीर के अंदर स्थिति सामान्य होते हैं कि नहीं। कर्फ्यू बगैरह सब हटाने के बाद और फ़ोन इंटरनेट सब चालु होने के बाद स्थिति सामान्य होती है कि नहीं। लोकतंत्र बहाल होती है कि नहीं। चुनाव होती है कि नहीं। तीव्र गति से विकास होती है कि नहीं। मसला ये है। स्थिति सामान्य हो गयी। चुनाव हो गयी तो बात रफा दफा हो जाएगा।
इमरान जब से प्रधान मंत्री बने पाकिस्तान के तभी से कहे पर कहे जा रहे थे, बात करो, बात करो। बिल्ली की मुँह गर्म दुध से पक गयी थी। मोदी नवाज से बात ही तो कर रहे थे। जितनी बार बात करते पाकिस्तानी फौजी और ख़ुफ़िया एजेंसी कोई न कोई अटैक फरमा बैठते। ताकि बातचीत ख़तम हो जाए। तो मोदी को लगा होगा पाकिस्तानी फौजी और ख़ुफ़िया एजेंसी इमरान खान के पकड़ में है तो नहीं। वो पैरेलल स्टेट चलाते हैं। तो इमरान से बात करो और वो फिर से कहीं न कहीं अटैक कर देंगे। अटैक छोटी ही हो पुरे देश गर्मा जाती है। तो कौन पंगा लेगा भाइ?
मोदी वार्ता नहीं युद्ध चाहते हैं ऐसी बात नहीं है। युद्ध तो चाह कर भी संभव नहीं है। युद्ध यानि कि आत्महत्या। सुसाइड। दोनों के लिए।
मैंने धारा ३७० सुनी थी लेकिन मेरे को मालुम नहीं था कि बाँकी भारत के लोग काश्मीर में जमीन खरीद नहीं सकते हैं। संघीयता का कोइ एक फोर्मुला शायद नहीं होता। धारा ३७० का हटना गलत या सही ये मेरे को नहीं कहना है। मैं सुनना चाहता हुँ कि काश्मीर के लोग इस बारे में क्या कहते हैं। अगर वो सामान्य स्थिति और चुनाव की ओर जाते हैं तो मैं कहुँगा निर्णय गलत नहीं रहा। जल्द से जल्द चुनाव कराओ।
मैं इस ब्लॉग पर महिनों सालों से कहता आया हुँ काश्मीर समस्या का समाधान यही है कि भारत भी और पाकिस्तान भी पुरे काश्मीर पर अपना अपना क्लेम बंद करो और लाइन ऑफ़ कण्ट्रोल को परमानेंट बॉर्डर घोषित करो। और व्यापार पर फोकस करो। अभी जो धरा ३७० हटी है वो उसी फोर्मुला के भितर जैसी दिखती है। लेकिन पाकिस्तान शासित काश्मीर और अक्साइ चीन पर क्लेम करना बंद करो।
तो अब कर्फ्यू बगैरह हटाओ ताकि जनजीवन सामान्य बन सके। लोग चलफिर सके। बच्चे स्कुल जा सके। लोग बाजार जा सके। काम पर जा सके। चुनाव की तयारी करो। तीव्र गति से विकास कर के दिखाओ। लोगों को नौकरिया मिले ऐसी वातावरण बनाओ। ये सब होमवर्क है।
इमरान खान मॉनिटरिंग करें। कि धारा ३७० हटाने के बाद वहाँ तानाशाही नहीं लाद दी गयी हो। कर्फ्यू बगैरह हटाओ। जनजीवन सामान्य बनाओ। लोगो को बोलने दो।
इमरान भारत शासित काश्मीर पर क्लेम करना छोड़ दें। वो पाकिस्तान शासित कश्मीर पर फोकस करें। वहाँ स्थिति सामान्य है कि नहीं। वहाँ स्थानीय बगैरह चुनाव हो रहे हैं कि नहीं। विकास हो रहा है कि नहीं। चीन जो रोड बना रहा है पाकिस्तानी कश्मीर होते हुवे अरेबियन सागर तक वो तो अच्छी बात है। सिर्फ लोन किस दर पर है वो विचार कर लेनी चाहिए। ज्यादा है तो इमरान फिर से निगोशिएट करें और लोन रेट कम करवा लें जैसे मलेशिया के प्रधना मंत्री ने करवाया। वो रोड बन जाती है तो फिर पाकिस्तानी अर्थतंत्र का कायापलट हो जाएगा।
पाकिस्तान में लोकतंत्र है नहीं। सिर्फ चुनाव होने से लोकतंत्र नहीं होता। पाकिस्तानी सेना पर ख़ुफ़िया एजेंसी पर पाकिस्तान के प्रधान मंत्री का पुर्ण नियंत्रण हो जाए तब जा के पाकिस्तान को लोकतंत्र माना जाएगा। अभी तो पाकिस्तान एक वैसा तांगा है जिनके तीन घोड़े तीन ओर घींच रहे हो।
इमरान का काश्मीर समस्या पाकिस्तान की आतंरिक राजनीति जैसी लगने लगी है। पाकिस्तान की अर्थतंत्र ऐसी नाजुक अवस्था से गुजर रही है। काफी कमजोर पड़ी है। इमरान को सख्त से सख्त निर्णय लेने हैं। कुछ ठोस कदम उठाने हैं। टैक्स का दायरा बढ़ाना है। पाकिस्तान के जो आमिर हैं वो टैक्स भरते ही नहीं। देशको कमजोर कर के रखे हुवे हैं।
पाकिस्तान की आतंरिक राजनीति से जुझना कठिन काम है और वो इमरान खान को करना है। भारत से जुझना तो आसान काम है। मोदी को खरी खोटी सुना दो। लोग तालियाँ पिटते हैं। इमरान को चाहिए अपने अर्थतंत्र पर फोकस करें।
پاکستان کے وزیر اعظم عمران خان صاحب چین کی حمایت سے مسئلہ کشمیر کو اقوام متحدہ میں لے گئے۔ سیکشن 360 نے داخلی کونسل کو ہندوستان کا داخلی معاملہ قرار دیا۔ انہوں نے گذارش کی کہ پوری دنیا کے مسلمان مسئلہ کشمیر پر متحد ہوجائیں۔ تو خلیجی ممالک کو ایک کے بعد ایک مودی سے نوازا جارہا ہے۔
بھارت لائن آف کنٹرول کے پار کسی قسم کی غنڈہ گردی کی اجازت نہیں دے سکتا ہے اور نہیں دے گا۔ یہ کہنا الگ بات ہے کہ میڈیا میں پورا کشمیر ہمارا ہے۔ دونوں کہہ رہے ہیں۔ مسئلہ یہ ہے کہ ہندوستان کے کشمیر کے اندر صورتحال نارمل ہے یا نہیں۔ چاہے کرفیو کو ہٹانے کے بعد اور فون انٹرنیٹ کے بعد بھی سب کچھ چل رہا ہے۔ جمہوریت بحال ہوتی ہے یا نہیں۔ چاہے انتخاب کیا جائے یا نہیں۔ چاہے تیز رفتار ترقی ہو یا نہ ہو۔ یہ مسئلہ ہے۔ صورتحال معمول بن گئی۔ اگر انتخابات ہوتے ہیں تو معاملہ ختم ہوجائے گا۔
جب سے عمران پاکستان کے وزیر اعظم بنے ہیں تب سے وہ کہتے رہے ہیں ، بات کریں ، بات کریں۔ بلی کا منہ گرم دودھ کے ساتھ پکڑا گیا تھا۔ مودی صرف نواز سے گفتگو کر رہے تھے۔ جب بھی پاکستانی فوج اور خفیہ ایجنسی بات کرتی ، وہ ایک ہی حملہ پر بیٹھ جاتے۔ تاکہ گفتگو ختم ہوجائے۔ تو مودی کو یہ محسوس ہوگا کہ پاکستانی فوج اور خفیہ ایجنسی عمران خان کی گرفت میں ہے یا نہیں۔ وہ متوازی ریاست چلاتا ہے۔ تو عمران سے بات کریں اور وہ پھر کہیں حملہ کرے گا۔ جب حملہ چھوٹا ہوتا ہے تو ، پورا ملک گرم ہوتا ہے۔ تو بھائی کون گڑبڑ کرے گا؟
مودی بات چیت نہیں چاہتے لیکن جنگ ایسا نہیں ہے۔ جنگ چاہے بغیر ممکن نہیں۔ جنگ کا مطلب ہے خود کشی۔ خودکشی۔ دونوں کے لئے۔
میں نے دفعہ heard 360. سنا تھا لیکن میں نہیں جانتا تھا کہ ہندوستان کے لوگ کشمیر میں زمین نہیں خرید سکتے ہیں۔ شاید فیڈرل ازم کا کوئی فارمولا موجود نہیں ہے۔ مجھے یہ کہنے کی ضرورت نہیں ہے کہ دفعہ 370 کو ختم کرنا غلط ہے یا صحیح ہے۔ میں یہ سننا چاہتا ہوں کہ کشمیری عوام اس بارے میں کیا کہتے ہیں۔ اگر وہ عام صورتحال اور انتخابات میں جاتے ہیں تو میں یہ کہوں گا کہ فیصلہ غلط نہیں تھا۔ جتنی جلدی ممکن ہو انتخابات کروائیں۔
میں اس بلاگ پر کئی مہینوں سے کہہ رہا ہوں کہ مسئلہ کشمیر کا حل یہ ہے کہ بھارت اور پاکستان کو بھی پورے کشمیر پر اپنا دعوی بند کرنا چاہئے اور لائن آف کنٹرول کو مستقل بارڈر قرار دینا چاہئے۔ اور کاروبار پر توجہ دیں۔ اب جو زمین ہٹا دی گئی ہے وہی اسی فارمولے کے خچروں کی طرح دکھائی دیتی ہے۔ لیکن پاکستان کے زیر اقتدار کشمیر اور اکیس Kashmir چین کا دعوی کرنا چھوڑ دیتے ہیں۔
لہذا اب کرفیو کو ہٹا دیں تاکہ زندگی معمول بن سکے۔ لوگ چل سکتے تھے۔ بچے اسکول جاسکتے ہیں۔ لوگ بازار جاسکتے تھے۔ کام پر جانا الیکشن کی تیاری کرو۔ تیز اور ترقی دکھائیں۔ ایسا ماحول پیدا کریں جس میں لوگوں کو روزگار ملے۔ یہ سب ہوم ورک ہے۔
عمران خان مانیٹرنگ۔ یہ کہ دفعہ 0 370 کو ختم کرنے کے بعد وہاں بھی آمریت مسلط نہیں کی گئی۔ کرفیو کو ہٹا دیں۔ زندگی کو معمول بنائیں۔ لوگوں کو بولنے دو۔
عمران کو بھارت کے زیر اقتدار کشمیر کا دعوی کرنا چھوڑ دینا چاہئے۔ انہیں پاکستان کے زیر اقتدار کشمیر پر توجہ دینی چاہئے۔ وہاں صورتحال عام ہے یا نہیں۔ انتخابات کے بغیر بلدیاتی انتخابات ہوتے ہیں یا نہیں۔ ترقی ہو رہی ہے یا نہیں۔ چین پاکستان کے بحیرہ عرب تک جو سڑک بنا رہا ہے وہ اچھی چیز ہے۔ صرف اس شرح پر ہی غور کیا جانا چاہئے جس پر قرض لیا گیا ہے۔ اگر زیادہ ہے تو ، عمران دوبارہ بات چیت کریں اور ملائشیا کے وزیر اعظم کی طرح قرض کی شرح کم کریں۔ اگر یہ سڑک بن جاتی ہے تو پھر پاکستانی معیشت بدل جائے گی۔
پاکستان میں جمہوریت نہیں ہے۔ جمہوریت صرف انتخابات کرانے سے نہیں ہوتی۔ اگر پاکستانی فوج کا خفیہ ایجنسی پر وزیر اعظم پاکستان کا مکمل کنٹرول ہے تو پاکستان کو جمہوریت سمجھا جائے گا۔ ابھی پاکستان ایک ٹنگا ہے جس کے تین گھوڑے تین طرف سے سونگ رہے ہیں۔
عمران کا مسئلہ پاکستان کی داخلی سیاست کی طرح نظر آنے لگا ہے۔ پاکستان کی معیشت اس قدر نازک صورتحال سے گذر رہی ہے۔ وہ بہت کمزور ہے۔ عمران کو سخت ترین فیصلے لینے ہیں۔ کچھ ٹھوس اقدامات کرنے ہیں۔ ٹیکس کے دائرہ کار میں اضافہ کرنا ہوگا۔ پاکستان کا امیر ٹیکس ادا نہیں کرتا ہے۔ ہم نے ملک کو کمزور رکھا ہے۔
پاکستان کی داخلی سیاست کا مقابلہ کرنا مشکل ہے اور یہی کام عمران خان کو کرنا ہے۔ بھارت سے نمٹنا آسان ہے۔ مودی سے کہو کہ وہ بہت ایماندار ہو۔ لوگوں نے تالیاں بجا دیں۔ عمران کو اپنی معیشت پر توجہ دینے کی ضرورت ہے۔
Carrie Lam has zero incentive to respond to the street protests. 13 weeks of protests and she is still saying the extradition bill can not be withdrawn. She answers to Beijing, not to Hong Kong citizens.
The Hong Kong protests are the most heartwarming political action on the planet right now, with Andrew Yang surging in the US a close second. It is good to see people care about an issue enough to shut a city down.
But what is happening in Hong Kong is a protest movement. It is not yet a political movement. If success is getting people out into the streets, this has been success 13 weeks in a row. But getting people out into the streets is not the end goal, can not be.
Everybody who is out in the streets should come together in one political organization and should elect itself leaders at various levels, with a central committee, and ultimately one elected leader. It should put out its five key demands and set a deadline. Unless Beijing meets its five key demands within a set time period, the goal of full political independence should be announced. That is the only political threat Beijing will respond to. As for protests, Beijing simply plans to wait it out. I would not be surprised if the logjam continues even after 23 weeks of protests.
One country, two systems is not a bad idea. But Beijing has been eroding the rights of Hong Kong citizens. The key demands right now keep Hong Kong within one country, two systems. But it is telling that Beijing has not accepted even the most important demand. 13 weeks of unprecedented protests and Beijing still has not scrapped the extradition bill. As good as dead is not dead. There is a proper procedure to withdraw a bill.
The Chinese army's saber-rattling in Shenzen is not a threat to snuff out the protests. It is a threat to invade should Hong Kong declare independence. And to that end Hong Kong needs to seek out global allies. It needs to ask for solidarity in all major cities of the world.
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The Dow is down because folks are beginning to realize you have no plan, no sense, and no chance of beating China or anyone without Russia's help.#IHerebyOrder you to remove the Fentanyl drip, grab some paper, a crayon, and RESIGN.
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MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal has saved the day for the BJP on this issue. But the true test is when normalcy and democracy are restored in Kashmir and it elects itself a state legislature, and locally elected leaders put forth a roadmap to attain full statehood for Kashmir down the line.
Instead of saying Paksitan occupied Kashmir is ours, Asksai Chin is ours, India should show the world that democracy has blossomed in Ladakh and Kashmir.
I want leaders of all Muslim countries to talk about human rights issues in Kashmir. That will open the door to talk about human rights in all Muslim countries.
The Bay Area in California is not big enough for all the innovation that needs to happen.
If you make Shenzen like Hong Kong, that only adds to Hong Kong.
And, of course, the big backdrop is the South China Sea, the most geopolitically seismic zone on the planet. Peace and harmony here will make space for the ocean cities of tomorrow.
The Hong Kong protests have not gone to a higher level and become a political movement. It will be more productive as a political movement.
The recent move by Beijing on Shenzen is smart and positive. They intend to make Shenzen more like Hong Kong. The gesture, I hope, is or is made credible.
I don't understand the intransigence on the part of the Hong Kong leadership. Why not meet the top demand immediately? Why not formally pull out the extradition bill?
That a massacre is not likely is good news. On the other hand, the protests can not go on forever. Three months is a long time.
I happen to think this Hong Kong Greater Bay Area is more like the US Northeast than the Bay Area in California. Short route hyperloops could closely integrate the region into one megacity.
I don't see evidence this Shenzen move is abrupt. It has been a long time coming. I also don't see it as a move to spite Hong Kong. It is actually a mature move. It is a signal to Hong Kong that Hong Kong will not become more like Shenzen, rather Shenzen will become more like Hong Kong.
I am pleased with this move by Beijing. It is non-violent, it is respectful, it is mature. It is also politically sound from Beijing's perspective.
What has been happening in Hong Kong are at the level of a protest movement, not a political movement. An official end to the now shelved extradition bill will go a long way to soothe nerves.
My primary concern is that there should be no violence. From either side.
China’s Grand Plans for ShenzhenThe new plan for Shenzhen also shines a light on China’s long-term strategy toward Hong Kong. ........ China’s State Council and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued a new guideline earlier this week outlining an ambitious plan for the future of Shenzhen, a major city in southeast China’s Guangzhou province that links Hong Kong to the mainland. ....... a Greater Bay Area that would integrate the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions with nine other municipalities in the surrounding region in Guangdong province (Dongguan, Foshan, Guangzhou, Huizhou, Jiangmen, Shenzhen, Zhaoqing, Zhongshan, and Zhuhai), which account for approximately 12 percent of China’s national GDP and a combined population of 70 million people. ...... “breaking new ground” on economic growth, reforms, and innovation and take the practice of “one country, two systems” a step further ...... Shenzhen has a population of more than 12 million people and was the site of the mainland’s first special economic zone. ...... Chinese technology giants like Huawei and Tencent and telecommunications company ZTE house their headquarters in Shenzhen. The city is also the third largest and busiest container port in the world, while it ranked 14th in the 2019 Global Financial Centers Index (Hong Kong took the third spot, by comparison)....... Shenzhen’s economy surpassed Hong Kong’s for the first time in 2018, reaching HK$2.87 trillion compared to Hong Kong’s HK$2.85 trillion in the same year. The starker difference remains the disparity in the growth rates of the two Pearl River Delta metropolises, with Shenzhen’s GDP notching a 7.6 percent growth rate, while Hong Kong’s economy rose by just 3 percent.
CHINA’S ALLEGED PLANS TO MAKE SHENZHEN BETTER THAN HK NOT QUITE WHAT THEY SEEM The Chinese government has set up additional goals for making its pride city of Shenzhen a world-leading metropolis within the next five years. ...... China’s warning to Hong Kong, amid the ongoing protests in the city. The outlets suggest that the timing of the plan’s release is a signal from China that the central government is willing to siphon benefits away from Hong Kong and toward other municipalities within the Greater Bay Area, should the HKSAR continue to step out of line....... The goal of making Shenzhen a “pilot area for socialism with Chinese characteristics” was first proposed in May 2017 by the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). In 2018, the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the CPC outlined a plan for making Shenzhen a “pilot area” from 2018 to 2035. The document was submitted to the central government for approval. ....... By 2025, the government wants Shenzhen to become one of the world’s leading cities in terms of economic strength and quality of development. Its research and development output, industrial innovation capacity, quality of public services and ecological environment are expected to become first-class in the world ....... “High quality development; pilot area of the city of rule of law; model of urban civilization; role model of livelihood and happiness; [and] pioneer of sustainable development” are the six general goals listed in the document...... the plan is proposing to “continuously improve the level of openness of Shenzhen to Macau and Hong Kong, support Shenzhen in building a big data center in the Greater Bay Area, vigorously promote the humanistic spirit in Greater Bay, encourage Shenzhen to co-organize various forms of cultural and artistic activities with Hong Kong and Macau, constantly enhance the sense of identity and cohesiveness of Hong Kong and Macau compatriots, strengthen the cooperation of digital creative industries in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau, and use Hong Kong and Macau’s exhibition sources and exhibition industry advantages to organize large-scale cultural exhibitions.”
China's State Council calls for Shenzhen integration with Hong Kong, Macau Hong Kong, one of the world’s busiest ports, is on the verge of its first recession in a decade as violent anti-government protests scare off tourists and bite into retail sales and investment....... The directive called for the “modernization of social governance” in Shenzhen via the “comprehensive application of big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and other technologies.” ...... to further develop the Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and “enrich the new practice of the ‘one country, two systems’ policy.” ...... Hong Kong returned from British to Chinese rule in 1997 under a “one country, two systems” formula that promised wide-ranging freedoms denied to citizens in mainland China, but many in the city believe Beijing has been eroding those freedoms.
China plans to make Shenzhen a 'better place' than Hong Kong China's government has unveiled plans to boost the mainland city of Shenzhen and make it into what state media called a "better place" than neighbouring Hong Kong, following another huge rally in the semi-autonomous financial hub...... Weeks of rallies, demonstrations, and occupations have plunged Hong Kong into crisis - which Beijing is now framing as an opportunity for Shenzhen's development...... By 2035, the southern Chinese city will "lead the world" in overall economic competitiveness, the document said...... Published on Sunday, the timing of the policy document coincided with the 11th week of demonstrations in Hong Kong - the biggest challenge to China's rule of the semi-autonomous city since its 1997 handover from Britain...... The former British colony of Hong Kong operates under a "one country, two systems" framework, which gives citizens rights unseen on the mainland, such as freedom of speech...... The policy document said that individuals who are from Hong Kong and Macau but work and live in Shenzhen would be treated as residents....... The guidelines also support creating a "more open and convenient" entry and exit system at its borders, and allowing foreign permanent residents to launch science and technology enterprises - potentially trying to encroach on Hong Kong's territory as an easy place for international businesses to be based.
...... The city is already a key part of Beijing's "Greater Bay Area" policy, which plans greater integration between Hong Kong, Macau and mainland Guangdong province, where Shenzhen sits........ Beijing is keen to pull the three regions even closer - "enriching" the practice of one country, two systems and "continuously enhancing the sense of identity and cohesiveness of Hong Kong and Macao compatriots" via cross-border cultural activities....... the guideline demands Shenzhen "comprehensively improve its democracy and rule of law and expand people's participation in politics in an orderly manner under leadership of the Communist Party of China".
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