China's decision to introduce a national security law for Hong Kong has to do with Beijing's desire to show its sovereign might, a former CIA China analysts says.
"There's probably sort of a multi-layered cake of Chinese motivations," Christopher Johnson, Freeman Chair in China Studies at think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies, said Thursday before China's parliament voted to approve the bill that some say infringes on the city's freedoms and autonomy.
One of the reasons China is ready to take a strong stance toward Hong Kong could be because Beijing is troubled by recent U.S. support for Taiwan, said Johnson, a former China analyst with the Central Intelligence Agency. Taiwan has emerged as comparatively successful in managing to control the coronavirus outbreak, and posted just 442 cases and seven deaths in a population of nearly 24 million. That's despite its proximity to mainland China and their close business ties.
The move provoked Beijing which views Taiwan as a territory that cannot have its own diplomatic representation.U.S. support of Taiwan "stimulates the desire on China's part to demonstrate the inviolability of Chinese territory integrity. They can't reach out and touch Taiwan, but they certainly can Hong Kong," said Johnson.
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