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From your link: "She then said Xiao had contacted her and did not want to exaggerate the incident, according to the report." I'm not sure the incident could be
by downandout 10y ago
From your link: "She then said Xiao had contacted her and did not want to exaggerate the incident, according to the report."
I'm not sure the incident could be exaggerated, given China's propensity to execute those convicted of corruption/embezzlement. They kidnapped a billionaire in another country with the likely intent to kill him sooner or later.
- differentView 10y agoHe might think he can buy his way out. If the story gets too big, the Chinese government might be forced to make an example of him.
- true_religion 10y agoHong Kong is not a country. It is an autonomous territory. It has only a little higher legal status than someplace like Guam or Puerto Rico, and that tiny bit is only there because of the sufferance of the higher government. Hong Kong does not have an army (even US states have their own militias). It does not defend its own borders. It does not negotiate its own diplomatic affairs. However, HK is still subservient to its parent government in terms of legal matters. Taking a foreign national would be a political affair that Hong Kong has no actual right to adjudicate. The only thing Hong Kong has is a separate legal system, immigration control, and its own delegates in international bodies like the WTO.
- downandout 10y agoTerritory or country, according to the articles, Chinese police shouldn't have been there, yet they were. That's a problem.
- DefaultUserHN 10y ago>...yet they were. That's a problem. Yep, it's a problem, but what's Hong Kong gonna do? Hong Kong has no army. So what can it do? China will just do as China pleases, because China have the military forces to back up it back.