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Believe it or not, the average Chinese has a better grasp of their recent history than the average HN reader. How come nobody cared about 'universal human righ
by yourbandsucks 7y ago
Believe it or not, the average Chinese has a better grasp of their recent history than the average HN reader.
How come nobody cared about 'universal human rights' for HK residents until it was a way to kneecap China? Again, check the record: 95 years of colonialism with less rights than they have now. They got their limited democracy in the last few years of British rule. Thatcher and Reagan never gave a shit.
Watch their hands, not their mouths, that goes for all politicians.
Xi has a lot of problems in general on the rights front, he's moving things in the wrong direction, but we have no leg to stand on regarding HK.
- pathseeker 7y ago> Believe it or not, the average Chinese has a better grasp of their recent history than the average HN reader. If that were true, there would be no reason for them to censor topics like tiananmen square >They got their limited democracy in the last few years of British rule And how long will China let them keep it?
- yourbandsucks 7y ago4x longer than the British did, in any case. The CCP hasn't even proposed rolling back HK's limited democracy (so far, 22 years). And they've, so far, killed far fewer protestors than the British did. As far as the first part.. you know this is living memory, right?