Yeah this. But I can see it being more than a few arrests.
Xi in the fullness of time is going to send a very stern message like 20,000+ are going to disappear for the next 2-5 years.
1 million muslims are now in ‘thought camps’ as below, so 2-10% more aint no thangg…
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You make a good point. Mass arrests are nothing to the Chinese.
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What is your take on the Hong Kong situation?
I think that as long as they refuse to let the current puppet “Chief Executive” of HK resign, there’s some hope that things won’t end in a shit show. The Dictator…errr, I mean President of China can always disavow and blame her for what has gone wrong. If they install a “real PRC” guy, then it’s all over.
With the Chinese, it’s always about the money and the “face”, in that order. I think China doing so well is what has caused them to not be as tolerant of HK. HK’s global financial capabilities had heretofore provided them with the cover for kid glove treatment.
That’s my .02.
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Money and face; that sounds exactly like the mafia.
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Yup.
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Are you Chinese or a Chinese citizen?
You hate them too?
I see a shit show coming protesters are not backing down, the Chinese government will not lose. It’s not a democracy.
I heard comments that Hong Kongees (?) want a 2nd amendment like us. Imagine if they did? I am trying to figure out how things may be different if the populace were armed. Would it descend into a mess like Syria? Would Hong Kong win and the Chinese back off? Or would the Chinese just blast them to hell?
Interesting question, but pointless. They don’t have it so that’s not the situation… Unless some rebels start pumping in AK’s, in the dark of night. Hmmm, thinking out loud, it’s possible but not likely.
We already know what the Chinese government is willing to do to its citizens.
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Very true. Even assuming they climb down now, they’ll disappear agitators over time.
I thought the Blue Dye was a fair/reasonable way for the Govt to escalate force against the protesters. Like a psychological deterrent.
It doesn’t look like it was very effective, but at least they tried.
China’s National Day is on the 1st of October. They’re not going to do anything stupid during this period. They’ll just pressure the HK government into handling it.
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Hard to tell the difference between left and right wing politics when they’re on the far ends of the spectrum, isn’t it?
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Will this stop the protests? I don’t know, they seem to have taken a life of there own. They are holding our flag and singing out national anthem, in protest… that’s pretty awesome when you think about it.
They want all 5 of their demands met so I don’t know. No one expected protests of this magnitude.
Here’s a large reason why Hong Kongers hate the police so much:
Probably my favorite HK movie: