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China does not value the status/wellbeing of their millionaires/billionaires over the control of the CCP in people's minds, which is always the top priority.
by immichaelwang 7y ago
China does not value the status/wellbeing of their millionaires/billionaires over the control of the CCP in people's minds, which is always the top priority.
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoEven worse: the million and billionaires all value their relationship with mainland China and the CCP more than their working-class HK brethren.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoI think they value their millions and billions more than either. And they made a fair number of those millions and billions through their relationship with mainland China and the CCP. If it looks like the mainland CCP is going to cost them their millions and billions, though...
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoAt this moment, at least, the CCP is mostly pro big business and friendly to the rich (as many of them are themselves now). Of course, that could change at anytime, but the interests of the rich are more closely aligned with the CCP than the protesters atm.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoAre the interests of the Hong Kong rich more closely aligned with the CCP? (As for the mainland rich, I agree with you... for the moment.)
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoYes, I specifically meant the HK rich. They have lots of business interests outside of HK and inside China, so it isn’t very surprising that they are tied to the party at the hip. The same is actually true for Taiwan (rich Taiwanese are pro China even if working class Taiwanese are not).