Former US Naval Intelligence Officer John Jordan says China’s communist regime is bound to “implode” if it continues to form an aggressive front.
The government unveiled a plan on Thursday to provide safe access to Hong Kongers fleeing China’s new national security laws which criminalised secession, subversion, terrorism and colluding with other countries.
“Communism, central planning, state-owned power, the autocratic Marxist governments do not survive, they do tend to implode,” Mr Jordan told Sky News. “Unless China adopts market-oriented policies and embraces freedom, which is also very dangerous to communism, it seems like that is the likely medium-term fate of the regime.” Image: AP
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