Wednesday, 5 July 2023

“Rewards for wanted activists ‘send strong message’” | SCMP


“Strong message"? Sure. But of what? Sound national security concerns or authoritarianism?

Two of The Eight in Australia are: Ted Hui and Kevin Yam. There is no way they, or those in the US and Britain, are going to be given up and sent back to Hong Kong.

These activists show love for Hong Kong. I wish they’d show it by not calling for more sanctions on Hong Kong. That won’t help. It’ll only make it harder to hold in to the remaining freedoms we have — which are, by any standard, substantial.