One thing you have to admire about usa is that it takes a stand openly and does not pussyfoot around.
This is the definition of pussyfooting. I won't sell you something? Strategic ambiguity on the ROC? Sailing around China's islands in the South China Sea? This is all pussyfooting. Taking a stand requires solid action to stop the other party. But then again, just like how we have vastly different definitions for "understand", we could have different definitions on this as well. After all, since India took a decade to decide NOT to buy 126 Rafales, this, in comparison, looks like action! LOL
Bad news for china and its supporters as the USA Congress has got involved. I predict even more sanctions against Chinese , like against Iran.
Sanction for what? PRC's forces haven't even gotten involved. America can't even get its European allies to enforce Iranian sanctions so who will uphold this sanction? LOL They can go ahead. Gives China perfect excuse to just end this and end Taiwan so it only has to get messy once. Remember, sanctions are against small economies where is is an easy choice for companies to pick the US market over that market. If the US sanctions China, it is sanctioning itself because China is a larger and faster-growing market.
China will have to obey the American wrt human rights.
I don't know what "wrt human rights" are but China's history is made of obeying nothing from America. Unfortunately, India does not have the courage to do the same to even the little UK.
The anti China protests seem to have wide support with all these emotional songs from musicians.
This is the new measure? LOL We got more songs and more musicians in the PRC; don't worry.
And will the moderators take a look at all the off topic posting and targeting by trolls in the last few pages.?
If mainlanders are uncomfortable with reporting on the hk movement, just close the topic.
A person who resorts to calling someone else a 50 center living in his mother's basement when losing arguments is asking for moderation? LOLOL "Help! Police! They stole my cocaine! They also took the woman I tied up in the basement!" LOLOL
It's a start and not only tear gas.
It's an end. Mattis said that the US cannot offer anything of substance but can do so only spiritually. Did you see that article?
Let's see if China will retaliate. I say no.
I also say no. There is nothing to retaliate from. If the US doesn't want to sell these things, China will provide them. Even if the US wants to sell them, China will still provide them at better prices. They should have never been purchased from the US in the first place. Did they even? Is the current riot gear used by the HK police produced in China or the US?