You don’t have to convince me that China won’t blink in killing if it has to.
But weren’t the things the police did in response to being hit with bricks, etc?
If things continue this way, though, there will be a lot of dead bodies in the street.
The cops have got to be on the side of the protesters since they grew up there. Can’t see them taking orders from fascists.
“...being hit with bricks...”
Could be, but the people of Hong Kong - at least those in the streets, and they’re probably representative of a LOT more who aren’t in the streets with them - don’t want the mainland government involved in their lives.
But the mainland government really really really REALLY wants to be involved. So they’re going to force the issue.
And if a couple of well-placed agent provocateurs in the crowd chucking a few bricks is all the excuse it takes to send in the “Tianamen Tank and Rodeo Show”, then you can pretty much count on the body count that will follow.
Communists kill. It’s what they do. It’s the ONLY thing they’re good at.
Communists indeed have no problem killing if necessary, but they are also very practical. China in fact doesn't need to do anything so drastic. HK is on the periphery of their political system and the politburo is probably united on the issue - so there is no immediate threat to China's stability or the Party itself.
They will probably quietly send more agents to "advise" HK Government and police, but otherwise, they will let HK twist in the wind, let the HK economy decline and try and slowly build a narrative that the protestors are hurting HK.
Modern technology and instant video is probably the only reason China hasn’t clamped down hard and killed many to “set the tone”.