1. ....Now, the citizens of Hong Kong are scared. Not of the “government”, not of the police, or Beijing: they are frightened of the so-called protesters, of ninja-like looking young people with covered faces and metal bars in their hands..... “If someone publicly disagrees with the protesters, they get beaten. They managed to silence people.”.... ...Everyone here in Hong Kong and in Mainland China, understands how dangerous the situation really is. Leaders of the riots, like Joshua Wong, are groomed by Washington, London and Berlin. They are morally and financially supported, not unlike people like Guaido in Venezuela. Mr. Wong is known to associate himself with organizations such as the “White Helmets”, which is working on behalf of the West for “regime change” in Syria. To damage, to break China into pieces, is now the main goal of Western foreign policy. Beijing is being attacked on all fronts: Uyghurs, the Belt and Road Initiative, Taiwan, Tibet, South China Sea, trade. The more successful China gets; the more attacks it has to face..... The rioters are acting like huge, violent gangs, and they are enjoying full propaganda support from the West.... Both, the local majority, and Beijing, have to think hard as to what strategy to apply, in order to protect, and to defend Hong Kong and China against those brutal, frustrated, morally corrupt hooligans and treasonous cadres. 2. “President Trump, please liberate us!” “Please Save us, President Trump!” That is what the Hong Kong rioters shout. That is what their posters say. There is a Chinese proverb, "A clay Bodhisattva fording a river can't guarantee his own safety (泥菩萨过江, 自身难保)." Like the clay Bodhisattva in the Chinese proverb, Donald Trump now urgently needs the Hong Kong rioters to liberate and save him from his alleged lynching by the Democrats instead.
Then perhaps the nation of China should cease striving to violate the sovereignty of the nation of Hong Kong.
The nation of Hong Kong!? You are kidding! If China takes back the 99-year leased New Territories, the remaining tiny Hong Kong island will not be able to survive, not to mention of becoming a nation.
Might not matter as much to college students, but going into a recession will not be good news to the working class citizens in Hong Kong. China's hands off approach and watch it burn seems to be working better than the more aggressive actions they have taken in the past like Tienanmen square.
Well said. To China, the size of Hong Kong is just like a tiny toe to a giant. China can afford to sacrifice Hong Kong by letting the local government and police do the dirty job of quelling the unrest.
One take away from this thread... It is obvious American Democrats side with the Chinese Democrats. They believe if you don't side with Chinese Democrats, you should goto one of their education camps and learn yourself up.
The Global Times has taken on a more aggressive tone against the protesters and those in the West who support them. They are painting a picture of un-Patriotic Chinese supported by the US who will try to destroy the Chinese way of life. Six months ago, The Global Times was mostly bragging about how well China was doing in global economic competition.
obviously the protesters don’t want the “Chinese way of life”. Of course there are many in Hong Kong who are pro China. They are like the loyalists during our own American Revolution. Only 3% of the colonial population took part in fighting the British during our revolutionary war. I wonder what percentage of Hong Kong citizens are protesting. Anybody have that number?
This rift is disappointing. Hong Kong Protests Spread to U.S. Colleges, and a Rift Grows. As the protests in Hong Kong enter their 21st week, the conflict is spilling onto campuses across the United States and highlighting rising tensions between Hong Kong-born students and their classmates from mainland China. College officials face the challenging task of supporting free expression without alienating the largest demographic of international students on American campuses. Schools in the United States have yet to report physical attacks, like one at the University of Queensland in Australia this summer. But solidarity protests and lectures have devolved into shouting matches. Pro-Hong Kong “Lennon walls,” covered with sticky notes and artwork, have been vandalized. It would be nice if our universities would stand up against oppression, but they have pockets filled with Chinese cash.
Since the students in question are attending facilities of learning in the united states, they can become acquainted with the legal principles of the united states, such as the first amendment, rather than demanding the legal principles of their homelands be recognized instead. If they do not care for the legal principles of the united states, such is simply too bad for them.
Since this claim calls for the operation of the mind, there is no possibility of it being true. Calling them "brutal, frustrated, morally corrupt hooligans and treasonous cadres" only shows an attempt to gain support for the Chinese communist government. (Which has a long history of brutality) It takes an extreme level of gullibility to read a sentence starting with "...Everyone here in Hong Kong and in Mainland China, understands... " and place any weight on the claim that follows. If you support the communists, state your opinion. Don't claim you can read the minds of the entire population of China. Personally, I support the uprising.
Trump won't do anything. He promised the Chinese he wouldn't get involved if they were investigating Hunter Biden.
The protests were peaceful for months. Most new coming out of hong kong is going to be censored as much as possible from china. Hong Kong needs to stay strong.
American Democrats will cheer when they see Chinese Democrat storm troops crush those Hong Kong rebel scum. All Hong Kong's bases belong to us...
And the state of Colorado is bound by federal law of the united states. But that same federal law has done absolutely nothing to stop it or other numerous states from attempting to legalize marijuana within its borders, despite it having no authority to do such.