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> crime in Taiwan and fled to Hong Kong There's a lot more to that story. Taiwan explicitly ruled out accepting the proposed extradition law, despite IIRC a HK
by NeedMoreTea 7y ago
> crime in Taiwan and fled to Hong Kong
There's a lot more to that story. Taiwan explicitly ruled out accepting the proposed extradition law, despite IIRC a HKer murdering their HK partner whilst on holiday in Taiwan.
> chief among them universal suffrage, or the direct election of the HK Chief Executive
You mean the promised universal suffrage of the Chief Executive that was written in the Sino-British agreement, and decades later has still not materialised.
I can see why that might be a sore point to the citizens of Hong Kong.
- UIZealot 7y agoReasonable people disagree on what exactly was promised in terms of universal suffrage. Whichever way you lean, it's absolutely no excuse or justification for the violence and destruction.
- throwaway1997 7y agoName a country who democratised through entirely peaceful means. Hint: there aren't many
- UIZealot 7y agoIndia comes to mind. Maybe you're right, there aren't many. But that doesn't make the violence and destruction right, that doesn't make the violence and destruction just.