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> PLA invasion of HK Did the 1st Marine Division invade LA in 1992?

• jdc 7y ago
  Does LA have its own multi-party legislature, legal system, monetary system, immigration policy, official languages, postal system, and educational system?
• lettergram 7y ago
  I do think there’s a difference in that the city of LA had armed bands fighting each other. In this case, it’s the government vs protesters. The protesters want some laws changed to ensure they aren’t extradited and disappeared. In LA there were thugs looting stores and the store owners shooting at them. Hing Kong will go back peacefully if they have the Chinese government back down. Hing Kong is also essentially a client state to a large degree. So, invasion isn’t exactly a wrong way to describe it.
  • cdmckay 7y ago
    The LA riots weren’t “thugs looting stores”. It was an oppressed minority rising up against decades of racial oppression.
    • pas 7y ago
      Yes, by looting stores run by their neighbors (who usually were also of the same minority).