Hong Kong has experienced changes in government. Is President Xi actually going to state one man, Jimmy Lai, can change all that? Granted Mr. Lai has controlled great wealth during his life, but, was he able to stop Beijing’s will? Seeking to charge crimes to a man who has benefitted the people of Hong Kong seems a strangely bad idea by men that fear him. Really, President Xi?
The change in government has been a challenge to many people in Hong Kong, but, addressing that resistance to change in this way will galvanize people in opposing camps of ideology. Why do that? Such divisions only result in conflict. If Mr. Lai leaves the hearing a free man after recognizing for “time served” in the past four years; it will help dissolve any division than preserve it and inspire more.
I think President Xi can be instrumental in uniting the people of Hong Kong in peace and prosperity, the question is, will he?
