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Cette partie inscrit Hong Kong sur la scène internationale en tant que champ de bataille entre le monde de l’Ouest et celui de l’Est et insiste sur la dimension géopolitique.

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Cette partie a pour objectif de mettre en avant les voix de protestation des citoyens hongkongais et de montrer la profondeur des divisions idéologiques qui scindent Hong Kong. Dans cette partie les élèves seront amenés à considérer l’engagement citoyen, la démocratie et les libertés individuelles et collectives. L’accent est mis sur le “protest art” comme moyen d’expression

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L’objectif de cette première partie est de poser les repères structurels qui permettent de comprendre la singularité de la situation de Hong Kong et les enjeux politiques imbriqués.

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« Ces valeurs et cette langue communes n’empêchent pas l’apparition de tensions internes, parfois héritées du passé, au sein des différentes sociétés anglophones, voire d’hostilités issues de préjugés de toutes natures, comme le rejet de la différence, ce qui amène les pays à envisager de façons différentes leurs réponses à ces défis. [...]
Pour les démocraties libérales contemporaines, le respect des droits fondamentaux est impératif : liberté de conscience, de pensée, d’expression, d’association, etc. Les mouvements libéraux, en dépit de leur diversité, s’accordent en effet sur le concept de liberté individuelle qui respecte la sphère privée et prime sur la vie en collectivité.
[...] Par ailleurs, la question des droits à conférer aux nouveaux arrivants ou, dans le cadre de bouleversements politiques, à certaines populations implantées depuis longtemps (Afrique de l’Est, Hong Kong, Royaume-Uni, etc.) provoque également de nombreux débats, comme celui sur le droit de résidence ou le droit de vote, posant plus largement la question de la citoyenneté et de sa définition. »

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What is Hong Kong’s relationship with China? | CNBC Explains

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Create a timeline of Hong Kong history , including important events and protests( briefly).

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1. List at least 3 differences between HK and China

2. What words are used to describe HK's economy?

3. Explain Hk's relationship with China. mention the basic law and the " one country two systems" principle

4. Find more about the 2019 protests, what caused them( briefly)?

5. How do you think people in HK feel about mainland China?

6. What is the Sino-British Joint Declaration?

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Do a summary of the video and the quotes. What have you learned?

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Opium Wars: Great Britain vs China - Animated History

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"How about this? Hong Kong had been appropriated by British drug pushers in the 1840s. We wanted Chinese silk, porcelain, and spices. The Chinese didn't want our clothes, tools, or salted herring, and who can blame them? They had no demand. Our solution was to make a demand, by getting large sections of the populace addicted to opium, a drug which the Chinese government had outlawed. When the Chinese understandably objected to this arrangement, we kicked the fuck out of them, set up a puppet government in Peking that hung signs on parks saying NO DOGS OR CHINESE, and occupied this corner of their country as an import base. Fucking godawful behavior, when you think about it. And we accuse them of xenophobia. It would be like the Colombians invading Washington in the early twenty-first century and forcing the White House to legalize heroin. And saying, "Don't worry, we'll show ourselves out, and take Florida while we're at it, okay? Thanks very much."
― David Mitchell, Ghostwritten

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"How about this? Hong Kong had been appropriated by British drug pushers in the 1840s. We wanted Chinese silk, porcelain, and spices. The Chinese didn't want our clothes, tools, or salted herring, and who can blame them? They had no demand.

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1. According to LF, how many versions of the history of HK exist? what are the different versions called?
2. what did Britain do in HK?
3. According to the British version of events, how did this benefit HK?
4. How does British version of events differ from the Chinese version? why do you think there are differences?
5.what do you think of Britain ACT?
6. is it a serious document? Justify
7. would you say this piece of prose is politically engaged art? Why? why not? what literary device did he use? satire/ hyperbole
8. find out how protesters expressed themselves through "art" ( paintings, songs...)

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I)Find information about the :
- 2003
-2014
_ 2017
-2019 protests
why? when? where? what results?
II) read the texts, watch the video, answer the questions.

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What did protesters denounce and request?
How did the authorities react?
what is the impact on democracy

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Carrie Lam speaks on national security legislation in Hong Kong

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1. Does BJ support or condemn the National Security Law?
2. What actions has BRITAIN taken in response to the NSL?

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uk offers hongkongers with bn(o) passports path to citizenship after new national security law

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UK offers 3 million Hongkongers a path to citizenship

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China's imposition of a national security law for Hong Kong violated the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on July 1, 2020. London has responded to...

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what is AUSTRALIA concerned about?
what decisions has it made in response?

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"The other issue that we are addressing is one that, as a result of changes that have occurred in Hong Kong, that there will be citizens of Hong Kong who may be looking to move elsewhere," Mr Morrison said.

"To take their skills, their businesses and things that they have been running under the previous set of rules and arrangements in Hong Kong, and seek that opportunity elsewhere."

From today, temporary visa holders from Hong Kong in Australia will be granted an additional five years on their visas, with a pathway to permanent residency at the end of those five years.

"We will also provide a five-year visa with a pathway to permanent residency for future Hong Kong applicants for temporary skilled visas, subject to meeting an updated skills list and appropriate marking testing," Mr Morrison said.

"We will also put arrangements in place to ensure we focus on Hong Kong applicants to study and work in regional areas, to help address skills shortages in those areas, with express pathways to permanent residency, as already applies after three years."

There are approximately 10,000 citizens of Hong Kong in Australia.

Acting Immigration Minister Alan Tudge said current and future students from Hong Kong will be eligible for a five-year temporary graduate visa once they complete their studies.

Former students already on a graduate visa will also receive five years from now. Hong Kong residents who fit the Australia skills shortage criteria will also be able to access a five-year temporary skilled visa.

New security laws in Hong Kong undermine 'basic law'

Mr Morrison has shared a strong view of new legislation in Hong Kong that could see citizens deported to China for prosecution.

"In our view - and this is not just our view, it's a shared view of many countries - that it undermines the One Country, Two Systems framework, and Hong Kong's own basic law and the high degree of autonomy guaranteed in the Sino-British Joint Declaration that was set out there," Mr Morrison said.

"That is a matter of public record from Australia's point of view."

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Australia suspends extradition agreement with Hong Kong

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"The other issue that we are addressing is one that, as a result of changes that have occurred in Hong Kong, that there will be citizens of Hong Kong who may be looking to move elsewhere," Mr Morrison said.

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1. Why is Canada worried?
2.what actions has Canada take-in response to this?

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The Canadian government is suspending an extradition treaty with Hong Kong in light of the implementation this week by China of a new national security law that criminalizes virtually all forms of dissent. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told journalists following that announcement that the export of sensitive military items to Hong Kong is also now prohibited.

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Hong Kong: Trudeau strongly condemns new national security law | Watch News Videos Online

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The Canadian government is suspending an extradition treaty with Hong Kong in light of the implementation this week by China of a new national security law that criminalizes virtually all forms of dissent. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told journalists following that announcement that the export of sensitive military items to Hong Kong is also now prohibited.

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according to Trump what has China done?
what provoked the US decision?
what decisions has the USA made regarding HK status?

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WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Friday announced he would begin taking steps to revoke Hong Kong's favored trade status with the United States, in response to a controversial new security law passed by China's parliament that would effectively bar political protest in Hong Kong.

"I am directing my administration to begin the process of eliminating policy exemptions that give Hong Kong different and special treatment," Trump said during a Rose Garden event at the White House.

"My announcement today will affect the full range of agreements that we have with Hong Kong, from our extradition treaty, to our export controls and technologies," Trump said. "We will take action to revoke Hong Kong's preferential treatment as a separate customs and travel territory from the rest of China."

The shift in Hong Kong's status immediately jeopardizes several aspects of the former British colony's relationship with the United States, which has so far meant that Hong Kong has been spared punishing tariffs that are a hallmark of Trump's trade war with Beijing.

But Trump did not provide details about precisely which steps would be taken or in what order, and a White House spokesman declined to comment when CNBC asked for additional clarification on the expected moves.

Trump also said he was ready to take action to mandate that Chinese and other foreign companies listed on U.S. financial exchanges abide by American accounting and audit standards.

The issue has long been a source of frustration among Washington policymakers, several of whom have introduced legislation that would bar trading in any shares where the company's auditor hasn't faced an inspection from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board for three consecutive years.

Trump has not said whether he will sign the bill, which is currently making its way through Congress.

But the president did say Friday that he would instruct his "presidential working group on financial markets to study the different practices of Chinese companies listed on the U.S. financial markets, with a goal of protecting American investors."

"Investment firms should not be subjecting their clients to the hidden and undue risks associated with financing Chinese companies that do not play by the same rules," said Trump, adding that "Americans are entitled to fairness and transparency."

A White House spokesman did not immediately respond to a question from CNBC about whether Trump would sign the legislation if it gets to his desk.

During the same address, Trump also announced that the United States would be terminating its relationship with the World Health Organization, a move likely to draw criticism from public health experts and U.S. allies.

The president said the organization had failed to make "the requested and greatly needed reforms," and he blamed the global health group for a lack of "transparency."

Trump did not take any questions from reporters after he finished speaking.

Financial markets reacted positively to Trump's announcement, reflecting overall relief that he did not announce some of the more drastic and punitive measures that analysts and investors had feared he might. These included additional tariffs on Chinese products, broad sanctions and a withdrawal from the U.S.-China trade deal.

For weeks, the Trump administration has been ratcheting up pressure on Beijing over its alleged cover-up of early coronavirus cases. Trump has publicly blamed China for the virus itself and for its outsized severity in the United States.

Beijing, in turn, has suggested the virus originated in U.S. service members, a claim widely rejected by international health experts.

In the past week, however, the pressure from the United States has taken a more serious turn in response to a proposed Chinese security law that threatens the long-standing semi-autonomy of Hong Kong. The law, formally approved Thursday by China's People's Congress, is expected to criminalize most forms of political protest under blanket bans on "sedition" and "subversion."

On Wednesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a report to Congress declaring that Hong Kong was no longer autonomous from China.

"No reasonable person can assert today that Hong Kong maintains a high degree of autonomy from China, given facts on the ground," Pompeo said in a statement accompanying the report.

Even as relations have grown more hostile, Trump has been reluctant to take action on China that could tip the strained bilateral relationship into an outright confrontation.

As president, Trump is acutely aware of the United States' interdependence with China as a market for American exports and a supplier of manufactured goods. He also still believes that his "phase one" trade deal, signed in January, can and will be seen as one of the high points of his presidency, fulfilling a key campaign promise he made in 2016.

Likewise, since the coronavirus arrived in the U.S., Trump has shown little appetite for signing any legislation he thinks could hinder the economic recovery.

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Trump taking action to eliminate special treatment for Hong Kong

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WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Friday announced he would begin taking steps to revoke Hong Kong's favored trade status with the United States, in response to a controversial new security law passed by China's parliament that would effectively bar political protest in Hong Kong.

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china suspends hong kong extradition treaties with canada

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China halts Hong Kong extradition treaties with Canada, Australia, UK

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China has decided to suspend Hong Kong's extradition treaties with Canada, Australia, and the UK in response to similar suspensions by those countries, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang...

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How the Narratives of Hong Kong are Written With China in Sight
By Tammy Ho Lai-Ming

1. Call me One Country, Two Systems.

2. It is a truth universally acknowledged that the democracy fighters in Hong Kong must be genomically modified by the West.

3. Hong Kong and democracy - it was love at first sight.

4. An order from the PRC comes and never leaves.

5. Many years later, as the Hong Kong people remembered the 'generosity' of the Chinese government for not shooting them or overrunning them with tanks, they would be forced to cry in gratitude.

6. China, non-light of my life, non-fire of my loins.

7. Happy cities are all alike; every unhappy city is unhappy in its own way. Hong Kong is unhappy because it wants happiness too much. It believes that the right to vote for its own leader would contribute to its happiness. It believes.

8. democracyriverrun, past Mongkok, Causeway Bay, Admiralty and Central...

9. Hot days in September. Some rainy nights in October. Tick-tock tick-tock tick-tock the clocks were striking and Big Brother was watching. Let him watch. Let the whole world watch.

10. It was the best of times. It was the age of wisdom. It was the epoch of belief. It was the season of Light. It was the spring of hope. We had everything before us - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest Chinese authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

11. You are about to begin reading the story of Hong Kong, "One Country, Two Systems", when you realise that such a story doesn't exist. Keep the 'country', remove the plural marker in 'systems' and replace 'two' by 'one', then you are truly beginning to read the story of Hong Kong. (One and one is always one.)

12. Someone must have slandered Joshua Wong... for one evening, without having done anything outrageously wrong, he was arrested.

13. Whether Hong Kong shall turn out to be the hero of the international fight for democracy, or whether it will be utterly defeated, the pages of history must show.

14. It was a broken promise that started it. The students returned to the streets day after day. And the voice on the other side of the border responded with contempt, scorn.

15. Through the facial masks, between the crooked handles of umbrellas, people could be seen fighting, in their own way, which is the best way.

16. 689 was spiteful.

17. In the beginning there was the Party and the Party was with the Country and the Party was the Country.

18. There is a spectre haunting China - the spectre of Umbrellaism.

19. The Hong Kong people said they would fight for the city's future themselves and they would bring umbrellas.

20. They say the past is a foreign country and people do things differently there. We say the past is always upon us.

21. Hong Kong was born many times: first, as a fishing village; and then, as a British colony. After that, it became a Special Administrative Region. And then one summer, it became very special indeed.

22. Where now? Who now? When now? Hong Kong now. We now. Now now.
Tammy Ho Lai-Ming is the founding co-editor of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal and an assistant professor of literature at Hong Kong Baptist University.

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How the Narratives of Hong Kong are Written With China in Sight By Tammy Ho Lai-Ming 1. Call me One Country, Two Systems. 2. It is a truth universally acknowledged that the democracy fighters in Hong Kong must be genomically modified by the West. 3.

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Resume the Western response to the NSL
Given these developments are you optimistic about the future of HK?

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One of the most free and competitive economies in the world.
Hong Kong is a “special administrative region” of China. It is part of China but it follows different rules, regulations, laws (for many things such as trade, excepting defence and foreign affairs). This is called “one country, two systems” and it is a part of the “Basic Law”, which is Hong Kong’s constitution and a law in China.
The 2019 protests were against a proposed extradition bill.
They feel suspicious / They don’t trust China / They don’t like China / don’t share the same values.
Hong Kong’s situation is almost paradoxical. It is part of China but it is also separate and this is encapsulated in the “one country two systems principle”. For example, China controls issues like defence/foreign affairs in Hong Kong. However, China and Hong Kong have different currencies and a different system of law and governance. Hong Kong has an open/free economy whereas China has a closed economy. Hong Kong has freedom of speech but China doesn’t.

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Britain colonised Hong Kong and created a capitalist economy.

According to the British version, they brought civilisation, the law and wealth to Hong Kong.
According to the Chinese version, Hong Kong was already civilised / doing fine / “thriving” and it didn’t need Britain. Indeed, they see British colonisation as a crime / evil / a very negative event. They call the British “devilish foreigners”.
This document is based on fact but it is not a serious historical document. It uses humour and it mocks the situation. The title of the book announces this because it is called “a politically incorrect” history of Hong Kong.

6 Larry Feign means that different versions of Hong Kong’s history exist because different countries have controlled Hong Kong and they disagree with one another. The sentence is clever because the word “Victor” has a double meaning. It can be someone’s name as is the case here (the first letter is capitalised) but it is also a synonym of the word “winner”. He is saying that no definitive version of Hong Kong’s history exists because no country definitively “won” or controls Hong Kong. L’enseignant pourrait approfondir davantage le travail sur la notion de subjectivité et de partialité ici.
Feign uses hyperbole and satire in this passage to criticise both Britain and China. He shows that neither the British version nor the Chinese version of events is reliable. For example, in the British version Hong Kong is described as “a barren rock” whereas in the Chinese version it is “a thriving commercial centre”. These descriptions contradict one another and neither is true. Feign uses the superlative form and lots of adjectives and adverbs to qualify or exaggerate his statements. For example, “the most successful freewheeling capitalist economy” or “the greatest humiliation ever perpetrated”. Through these techniques he mocks the two governments by showing that their positions are ridiculous and he implies that they are stupid.