My friends on the ground in Hong Kong do not trust their friends on the mainland any longer.
The drift to freedom is not going to be stopped by the wujing this time, as the world is watching and we have a president who would stop all trade with China if they intervene in Hong Kong militarily.
RE: The drift to freedom is not going to be stopped by the wujing this time, as the world is watching
I have a queasy feeling that we’ve heard this talk before almost 30 years ago. But happened IN CHINA. They place was Tien An Men, Beijing.
[The drift to freedom is not going to be stopped by the wujing this time, as the world is watching and we have a president who would stop all trade with China if they intervene in Hong Kong militarily.]
Wasn’t it regular troops from Manchuria that put down the demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, not the People’s Armed Police? I fully expect politically-unreliable (i.e. not inclined to follow orders that involve killing unarmed civilians) elements of the Hong Kong Police to be recalled to China for consultations before armed repression finally gets rolling. You gotta wonder if the Hong Kong Police will resist or assist the Chinese government, if Xi orders the use of live ammo.
China will crush Hong Kong when it suits them.
The only reason they show any tolerance now is that they want to seduce Taiwan. And Malaysia. And Viet Nam. And Indonesia.
But if it get out of hand they will kill 25,000 overnight. And another 50,000 the next day.
And they’ll repeat that until it IS in control.