Hong-Kong Protests
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solarz
Brigadier
While I agree with the rest of your post, just a word of correction here: Beijing did not ask for or initiate the extradition bill, and did not order Carrie Lam to withdraw it. Those were purely the actions of the duly elected HK government.
Jura The idiot
General
whom did you call "a moron"? or perhaps linked a wrong tweet? your post links
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China’s FM spokesperson on Wed confirmed the 15-day detention of a staff with the UK consulate in for violation of China’s Public Security Administration Punishment Law, and called on the UK to stop meddling with China's domestic affairs.
Jura The idiot
General
interestingly,
China urges foreign media to ‘help right public opinion wrongs’ on Hong Kong protests
China urges foreign media to ‘help right public opinion wrongs’ on Hong Kong protests
- Foreign ministry’s information department sends letter and ‘evidence of overseas interference’ to dozens of overseas news outlets
- Letter says foreign media have an important role to play in guiding ‘misled’ public opinion on the city
vesicles
Colonel
You are equating the verbal criticism with actual actions. The two are very different things.
Are you implying that, because "the Bush Sr. Administration blocked additional sanctions demanded by Congress", the US was actually supporting and applauding what China did during the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident???
Also, are you implying that, because "Despite pressure from human rights advocates, the Clinton Administration continued to give China Most Favored Nation status", the Clinton administration actually supported China's stance on human rights???
To the best of my knowledge, any of this would be categorically against the official stance of the US.
Obviously, you initially wanted to emphasize that, in the matter of the current HK incident, China is alone and is being verbally criticized by all Western nations and US allies in Asia. My response was that the West has always verbally criticized China for anything that they have done. I then asked you to give me an example of any Western nation supporting China for anything they have done. I implied verbal support since the West and US allies in Asia are ONLY doing verbal criticism against China for the current HK incident. I don't think anyone has done any actual action (official things in the open, not under the table stuff) against China for how they are handling HK. A proper evidence for you to answer my question would be to show me an example of previous verbal support by Western nations and US allies in Asia, not what they have done under the table and behind the scenes.
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This is typical of distorting to mis-lead. Having just read this piece, I thought I must have seen the wrong footage of the incident.
They try to word it as it was perfectly normal for one journalist to "request" credentials from another journalist! I don't remember when this has become ok for DEMANDING this sort of thing from your fellow journalist!
The fact the journalist was screaming like a demonic cat is not reported. And all the other journalist hounded a lone woman is not even mentioned. There are other discrepancy I wont even bother to write it here. I'll just upload a videovof the incident for your own judgement of the incident.
Yes, the naivety of youth. The west is on their sude, because the west is using them for their own agenda!
Maybe your girlfriend is not aware that she is a minority among HongKongers? And it is only counter productive if Beijing rush in to save Hong Kong when majority in Hong Kong is still delusional (not wanting to be saved).
I see, you're thinking of economics as opposed to Geopolitic!
But even in economic terms, you're so out of date. And have a zero-sum game mindset.
China no longer solely depends on export, it has a large middle class who can consum everything China produces. In fact, not only China not dependant on exports, the west is actually dependant on China's economy. For example. GM sells more cars in China than it does in the USA. Germany's VW, Audi, Merc all sell substantial number of cars in China.
The effect of this id China has far more clout than you give them credit for.
Take for instance, the airlines all had to comply with China's request to rename Taiwan as part of China, hotel chains did likewise. Fashion brands bosses apologies and change offending items. Need I go on?
And as for poor countries being burdens to China, you're not seeing things from a geopolitic perspective.
1st of all, the more friends you have the better. Each one of these poor country got a vote in the UN. Also, some are resource rich, some just plainly strategic in value.
Why do you think UK and the USA have a "oversea developments funds", otherwise known as aids? Do you think for one minute that they are doing it out of the goodnesd of their heart?
