Hong Kong?
- Thread starter Gameface
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Protests over a bill that would have allowed extradition to mainland China, apparently.
https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/hong-kong-july-1-protests-intl-hnk/index.html
What do you think happens if the HK government responds with force and protesters die?
There'll be a counter protester to run someone over before the Government steps in.
Really though, I don't know. Who jumps in where and why? Any Hong Kong gumshoe wanna weigh in and help?
Well, it looks like the police already ceded the legislature building to the protesters (who then trashed the building), so I don't expect they will now go with deadly force.
I honestly wonder what this means for China as a whole. If Hong Kong defies China they have to respond or, what, change? They don't want to change.
What happens if they start killing people, the protestors, in Hong Kong?
What happens if they start killing people, the protestors, in Hong Kong?
So you think China takes a loss on this?
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This might help a little:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/world/asia/hong-kong-china-handover.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/world/asia/hong-kong-china-handover.html
candrew
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I'm old enough to remember Tiananmen Square fairly vividly. I remember the tank dude. I remember the events DOMINATED the news cycle for weeks.
Why is this getting barely any play with 100X the number of news outlets? I realize it's not the same but it's similar enough. Do we not value freedom like we did in 1989?
Why is this getting barely any play with 100X the number of news outlets? I realize it's not the same but it's similar enough. Do we not value freedom like we did in 1989?
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Was Bush I begging for a handshake from Kim Jong Song in 89?
Let's not be so obtuse about our #1 domestic issue and pretend that he's not dominating the airwaves. Bush I was a, veteran, former CIA director, and former VP. You know, a "boring" president who actually knew stuff. He didn't tweet nonsense nonstop or have a background in reality tv.
Hell, just a few years ago under Obama, "normal" news stories about China and the Middle East would've gotten a lot more coverage than they would today with Trump dominating the news cycle.
China has bought in on US media, and uses its power to calm our reporting.
Just one more aspect of Agenda 21 driving downtown traffic outta town in favor of less aggressive traffic and speech.
Hong Kong protesters will be docked good citizenship points and access to social media and mass transit, and carefully tracked, and quietly detained and re-educated, or cut up and sold for spare parts.
Just one more aspect of Agenda 21 driving downtown traffic outta town in favor of less aggressive traffic and speech.
Hong Kong protesters will be docked good citizenship points and access to social media and mass transit, and carefully tracked, and quietly detained and re-educated, or cut up and sold for spare parts.
Grimmetal
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Part of it is too much noise these days. We hear about every little event that happens around the world. Venezuela. Hong Kong. Sudan is going through protests as well with ten deaths in the past few days. Do you remember the Paris protests? There's so much NOISE through the news and social media that it's getting harder to focus on what these events mean, much less what is actually going on.