4 ms·
Shipping, finance, and industry, man. Sure, asylum for anyone who wants it may be the right thing to do, but you can't seriously say that the geographical locat
by inimino 6y ago
Shipping, finance, and industry, man. Sure, asylum for anyone who wants it may be the right thing to do, but you can't seriously say that the geographical location of HK is meaningless, or that having a tiny outpost of liberalism as a check on the worst impulses of the mainland has no value and we should just airlift out half the population, can you?
- JumpCrisscross 6y ago> you can't seriously say that the geographical location of HK is meaningless It's economically meaningful. But from a foreign policy or geopolitical perspective, strategically, it's not worth expending force over. > having a tiny outpost of liberalism as a check on the worst impulses of the mainland I'd prefer this too. But Beijing has made its intentions clear. Short of the U.S. deploying force to defend Britain's 1997 agreement, Hong Kong--as it exists today--has fallen.
- CapricornNoble 6y ago>>>Hong Kong--as it exists today--has fallen. A Chinese invasion of HK would make a great setting for the next "Fallen" movie, if only Hollywood wasn't so busy sucking up to the CCP. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallen_(film_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallen_(film_series)