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‘Cursed’ Hong Kong Is ‘Half-Way Dead’ Locals Say
"The death knell for Hong Kong has been sounded many times since [the handover to China] but the pro
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I think Hong Kong is as good as dead. The question is, how will the rest of the world interact with the new approved model. Will it’s economic importance wither away to nothing? And if so, will Xi realize that he may have made a mistake? Or will other cities in China try to pick up the pieces and downplay the loss?
‘Some commentators were already tossing around the “failed state” label’ said a commentator who was already tossing around the “failed state” label.
Har! Just yanking your chain.
Yeah, I actually meant to link to that article. ha. Here it is: https://heisenbergreport.com/2020/02/26/sure-its-a-failed-state-but-youve-got-1284-comin-your-way/
Hopefully, Taiwan is not next. China is very afraid of democracy.
Hmm, what makes democracy frightening ?
Although, authoritarian racist Trump shooting off his tweets unchecked uncondemned does rear the ugly head of democracy
I don’t think anyone with any reasonable understanding of HK would disagree as to the way this movie will end but the current political setup is definitely speeding things along. Having both Congress and the WH bidding to reduce the interconnectedness of the global economy, the ‘value’ of HK to China continues to dissipate. When you throw a mercurial (or volatile) president into the mix, it becomes increasingly difficult to see why the Chinese would refrain from some of their darker impulses. That’s just one of the many reasons that having a president that acts like one actually matters.
How is restoring order to a city that has arson, vandalism and illegal occupation in its recent memory a darker impulse ?
A democratically elected authoritarian racist president of German ancestry to carry on his antics for another 6 months unchecked and even encouraged by his officials, mainstream media and his people who brushes such dangerous behavior as “not acting like a president that matters” …. what shade of impulse is that ðŸ˜