Edits to post #25251198 by Korriken
Edited at 2014-09-30 21:46:43
At 9/30/14 02:24 PM, i-am-ghey wrote:
no it won't happen. hong kong is an international city after all. the consequence of shooting even one civilian is too great and the police force will certainly not resort to doing this.
Police might not but the military will. Do you think China is going to tolerate continued dissent and protests, especially if they believe that dissent may spread to the mainland? They won't. They'll shut down the protests one way or another.
even if you can justify the latter part of the sentence, why should hong kong be held responsible for what china does? hong kong has its own government and remains distinct from china under "one country, two systems" policy.
One country, two system until China decides otherwise. The thing you don't seem to understand is that unless China cracking down on protestors and disassembling the "two systems" concept is going to rile up corporations and turn them against China, then China isn't going to bow easily.
China knows the USA isn't going to stop them, the UK can't stop them, and Russia and India most likely doesn't care.
Who does that leave?
At 9/30/14 02:24 PM, i-am-ghey wrote:
no it won't happen. hong kong is an international city after all. the consequence of shooting even one civilian is too great and the police force will certainly not resort to doing this.
Police might not but the military will. Do you think China is going to tolerate continued dissent and protests, especially if they believe that dissent may spread to the mainland? They won't. They'll shut down the protests one way or another.
even if you can justify the latter part of the sentence, why should hong kong be held responsible for what china does? hong kong has its own government and remains distinct from china under "one country, two systems" policy.
One country, two system until China decides otherwise. The thing you don't seem to understand is that unless China cracking down on protestors and disassembling the "two systems" concept is going to rile up corporations and turn them against China, then China isn't going to bow easily.
China knows the USA isn't going to stop them, the UK can't stop them, and Russia and India most likely don't care.
Who does that leave?
It's the Ukraine situation all over again. Politicians may talk big, and demand China stop, but unless someone decides to actually DO something, China is free to do as it pleases.
