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Contrast this language with the HK protestors 5 demands. NYT looks even worse. - a full withdrawal of a proposed bill that would allow Hong Kong people to be e
by heymijo 7y ago
Contrast this language with the HK protestors 5 demands. NYT looks even worse.
- a full withdrawal of a proposed bill that would allow Hong Kong people to be extradited to mainland China
- a retraction of any characterization of the movement as a “riot”
- a retraction of charges against anti-extradition protesters
- an independent committee to investigate the Hong Kong police’s use of force
- universal suffrage in elections for the city’s chief executive officer and legislature by 2020
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/09/hong-kong-international-airport-sit-in-to-add-to-day-of-mass-protests.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/09/hong-kong-international-airp...
- throwaway2048 7y agoIf only the protestors would "recognize the CCPs concerns" and let themselves be completely subjected, and any hope for democracy crushed. Why can't they just be reasonable? After all that's what we are really talking about here, and the only thing the CCP will accept long term, period. There is no "recognizing differences and agreeing to disagree" here, here is a head on collision between fundamentally opposing values.