Hong Kong and Tibet: A common pattern emerges with both "handovers" to China
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Updated: Jan 28, 2021 22:07 IST
Washington [US], January 28 (ANI): With Hong Kong coming under the Chinese government's control, a pattern reminiscent of the happenings in Tibet in 1959 is becoming apparent, according to a Hong Kong political scientist.
Writing for The Diplomat, Dr Simon Shen in an article titled 'Hong Kong's Present Echoes Tibet's Past' points out that the current socio-political re-engineering in Hong Kong -- termed as the "Second Handover" -- is following a script reminiscent of the happenings in Tibet in 1959.
The polticial columnist refers to "1959 Tibet Rebellion" and the "2019 Hong Kong riots" and says with regard to both these regions, China was eager to remove the possibility of foreign influence. While Tibet was under the British and Indian influence, Hong Kong was seen as being under the US-led western influence.