China and the U.S. right now are so enmeshed and much more interconnected that both sides will find it very hard to decouple, said a former Singapore senior diplomat.
"They are probably enjoying the show, but I don't think they are without worries of their own," said Kausikan, who is currently the chairman of the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore.
Since Hong Kong's sovereignty was handed over from the United Kingdom to China in 1997, it has been ruled under the "one country, two systems" framework which grants the city freedoms and limited autonomy that those in mainland China do not have — such as freedom of speech and the right to protest. "I don't know why anybody is surprised by this move by China," Kausikan said. "'One country, two systems' — Beijing's emphasis has always been on 'one country,'" Kausikan said.
"There is a substantial number of people in Hong Kong who don't know the limits," he said citing earlier pro-democracy protests even before last year's, such as those
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