Robert Kuhn: Hong Kong is China and will remain China
By Zheng
Qi from People’s Daily
“Stability
is the foundation of economic development just as rule of law is the foundation
of civil society. Instability in Hong Kong, like instability anywhere, retards
economic growth.” Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn told People’s Daily.
The
China expert continued to stress that “it is understandable that leading Hong
Kong entrepreneurs have criticized the violence, which directly impacts the
value of their assets, especially real estate. Some wonder why it took them so
long.”
Dr. Kuhn
is an American public intellectual, international corporate strategist and
investment banker. Over the past decades, he had put his focus on China and has
been a media commentator on China’s politics and economy.
Dr. Kuhn
didn’t hide his disagreement with the current claims by some in the West that
China's Central Government is trying to control Hong Kong in a more repressive
way.
“Those
who claim that China’s central government seeks to control Hong Kong in a more
repressive way betray their lack of understanding of China. Hong Kong’s role
has been a vital portal for multinational corporations to do business in China,
building China's economy, strengthening China’s technology. Why would China
want to jeopardize that?”He noted.
In a
recent article, shared by himself to People’s Daily, Dr. Kuhn wrote that
“looking forward, Hong Kong is China and will remain China.” He also stressed
that he continues to believe that “the Central Government seeks the best for
Hong Kong, stressing social stability, essential for economic development, and
rule of law, essential for social development.”
Over the
past few days, some political voice in Washington has been asking for linking
the current situation in Hong Kong to the US-China trade negotiations and using
Hong Kong as leverage to pressure compromise from China.
"Any
who would link the Hong Kong issue with US-China trade negotiations badly
misreads the Chinese government and the sensitivities of a large majority of
the Chinese people. Such ‘bargaining’, in essence using Hong Kong as a ‘trading
chip’, would be a gross insult to the Hong Kong people." Dr. Kuhn said.
As he viewed
it, Hong Kong’s economic future is almost totally related to its integration
with the mainland, especially the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, a
grand vision of regional coordinated development.
“The
Greater Bay Area gross domestic product is around $1.7 trillion, 12 percent of
China's GDP, and is projected to reach around $3.5 trillion by 2030. If the
Greater Bay Area were a country, its GDP would rank almost in the world’s top
10.” Dr. Kuhn added.
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