Countries impose curbs on HK to expand their sphere of influence

Colombo/Sri Lanka – Despite political pressure and criticism, China continues to establish itself as a worldwide power and extend its sphere of influence across Asia, Hong Kong in particular.

Organizations and countries considered Hong Kong’s National Security Law (NSL) as persecution of freedoms and created a landscape increasingly devoid of human rights protections according to a new research briefing released by Amnesty International in June 2021, exactly one year after the Beijing-imposed legislation took effect.

Analysts said that China, throughout its “pressure” behaviors, is trying to shake off its inferiority complex when the British Empire defeated it in the opium wars.

What we have seen is that Chinese with Taiwan and with Hong Kong constantly pressuring them and constantly testing the limits because this is essential for China’s position as the Global Power,” said researcher Nilanthan Niruthan.

Meanwhile, law supporters see that it falls within the internal policies of China, as Hong Kong is a part of it, and therefore it has the right to impose the laws to protect its security, noting that external pressures in this regard are only for goals completely far from those declared, and related to the competition for control of the region between a group of major powers.

According to them, because of China’s dominance in the current era, western countries are finding ways to put china in a trap using human rights issues.

“I wanted to state here that Hong Kong is a part of China, so China has all the rights to manage its part of their country. But western world or western media is using this Hong Kong to bring unnecessary issues on China to interrupt China’s advancement when it comes to maritime security as well as the BRI projects,” said BRISL director Maya Majueran.