PLA building up 20 miles from Hong Kong

Tienanmen Square had the benefit of there being no smart phones nor internet to broadcast the worst of the images after the Chinese government shut down media broadcasts. I say this because with the proliferation of such tech, this means the Chinese government can't afford to let its 1+ billion citizens see a small group standing up to it and win.

When you start hearing the words "media blackout", that's when the shite is starting to hit the fan. Hard.

No matter what China does, proof of what they do to Honk Kong will get out somehow. And it will potentially have huge international repercussions given that HK was supposed to be guaranteed certain rights once the Brits turned it back over to China.



Won’t save a lot of the people who get sent to camps or shot, but it won’t be as easy for them to suppress internally as they did with Tianimen Square.

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What are they protesting? It’s not like they have racial statues in China

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They are protesting China’s new law which means that anyone suspected of committing a crime can be sent to China under the new extradition treaty. If you commit a major crime, you just disappear in China. Nobody is safe from that even the guy who build the world’s largest building in the world who has also disappeared in China.

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At nearly three times the size of the Pentagon, the New Century Global Center in Chengdu, China, has claimed the title of world's largest building. WSJ's Deborah Kan and James T. Areddy discuss what makes the center more than just a building as well as the mysterious disappearance of its owner.

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This is what that building looks like. It’s massive.





It’s 4 times the size of the Vatican.

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No matter what China does, proof of what they do to Honk Kong will get out somehow.

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The Chinese government sees that as the lesser of two evils (compared to looking weak to their citizens). Whatever they lose internationally they know they can rebuild over time, and they are a patient group.

that ain't good

I live in HK, and a lot of the protestors have no intention of backing down. Several have already committed suicide in the cause. However, it is hard to imagine a plausible end game here.

Wondering how long itll be before they cut internet access to HK

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people already pretty beaten down and knowing they are likely to get “disappeared” for crimes, real or imaginary, may be motivated to start stirring up shite. 

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in the umbrella movement 5 years ago, they shut down a big part of central for weeks with a peaceful protest and got zero concessions. They feel like peaceful protest doesn't work, hence the more aggressive tactics this time.

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I live in HK,

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Better get those TD post in now...