1) Was 89 a miscalculation? It went down basically as the CCP leaderhsip thought it would and accomplished the goals that they thought it would. 2) In this cas

1) Was 89 a miscalculation? It went down basically as the CCP leaderhsip thought it would and accomplished the goals that they thought it would. 2) In this case, I think it's likely that military action against HK would be a miscalculation. Governments make miscalculations all the time, though. I'd be curious to know what are the different internal groups and their preferred approaches, as factional politics often drive these miscalculations.