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Anecdata: I have spent a great deal of time in Taiwan, and have not met a Taiwanese person who wanted to unify with the mainland, especially as long as the main

Anecdata: I have spent a great deal of time in Taiwan, and have not met a Taiwanese person who wanted to unify with the mainland, especially as long as the mainland was governed by the communist party. Let's not forget that a great deal of Taiwanese fled from the communists. What is true is that many Taiwanese fear the mainland and think peaceful surrender is preferable to a military invasation by the mainland. Many Taiwanese fear that nobody will defend them if/when the Mainland invades. Note also that the Taiwanese look to Hong Kong, and observe the slow erosion of the vestiges of democracy there.

dis-sys 9y ago
> Note also that the Taiwanese look to Hong Kong, and observe the slow erosion of the vestiges of democracy there. Did UK allowed residence of HK to elect their own governor or at least its local legislative entity? Sorry to hurt your feeling but the truth is that all Governors of HK under the British HK era were WHITE colonists directly appointed by the Queen. People of HK was never allowed to directly elect their local legislative entity or top officials. In fact, you have to be WHITE to become a high level police officer there by the 1970s. You got to be completely brainwashed to call that democracy. Oh, let's have a quick look at a full list of all WHITE governors of HK "democratically" appointed by the Queens - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Hong_Kong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Hong_Kong Now let's have a look at the all WHITE Commissioner of HK police "democratically" forced onto the people of HK - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissioner_of_Police_(Hong_Kong) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissioner_of_Police_(Hong_K... Is this the democracy you were talking about? Get yourself some help.
- mafribe 9y ago
  I'm quite aware of HK's status under British rule. I'm also aware that it was dramatically better than Mao's rule. What I was referring to was the erosion of rights since the takeover of HK by the PRC. Looking at your commenting history here on HN, I see quite a bit of love for dictatorships, and hatred for democracy. For this reason, I assume that you knew very well that I was referring to the erosion of rights since the takeover of HK, but decided to derail the thread, so as to avoid discussing the anti-democratic nature of the current PRC government, and the threat this poses to Taiwan. > WHITE governors of HK I'm a bit unhappy about your blatant racism. Please ponder the following question: how many non-Chinese General Secretaries of the Communist Party of China can you point me towards? Note that UK governors did a much better job of ruling HK than did Mao and his cronies in China. Note that it was only when Deng Xiaoping decided to copy the UK model that was trialled in HK and Singapore, that Mainland China stopped being a basket case.

dis-sys 9y ago

> Note also that the Taiwanese look to Hong Kong, and observe the slow erosion of the vestiges of democracy there. Did UK allowed residence of HK to elect their own governor or at least its local legislative entity? Sorry to hurt your feeling but the truth is that all Governors of HK under the British HK era were WHITE colonists directly appointed by the Queen. People of HK was never allowed to directly elect their local legislative entity or top officials. In fact, you have to be WHITE to become a high level police officer there by the 1970s. You got to be completely brainwashed to call that democracy. Oh, let's have a quick look at a full list of all WHITE governors of HK "democratically" appointed by the Queens - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Hong_Kong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Hong_Kong Now let's have a look at the all WHITE Commissioner of HK police "democratically" forced onto the people of HK - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissioner_of_Police_(Hong_Kong) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissioner_of_Police_(Hong_K... Is this the democracy you were talking about? Get yourself some help.

mafribe 9y ago
I'm quite aware of HK's status under British rule. I'm also aware that it was dramatically better than Mao's rule. What I was referring to was the erosion of rights since the takeover of HK by the PRC. Looking at your commenting history here on HN, I see quite a bit of love for dictatorships, and hatred for democracy. For this reason, I assume that you knew very well that I was referring to the erosion of rights since the takeover of HK, but decided to derail the thread, so as to avoid discussing the anti-democratic nature of the current PRC government, and the threat this poses to Taiwan. > WHITE governors of HK I'm a bit unhappy about your blatant racism. Please ponder the following question: how many non-Chinese General Secretaries of the Communist Party of China can you point me towards? Note that UK governors did a much better job of ruling HK than did Mao and his cronies in China. Note that it was only when Deng Xiaoping decided to copy the UK model that was trialled in HK and Singapore, that Mainland China stopped being a basket case.