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I've been boycotting Chinese goods whenever possible (it helps that I don't really buy electronics) because of Hong Kong. I regret not having started back when
by hh3k0 6y ago
I've been boycotting Chinese goods whenever possible (it helps that I don't really buy electronics) because of Hong Kong. I regret not having started back when our professor urged us to do so roughly a decade ago. One time, we had officials from Chinese universities visit ours and he made sure to have big "free Tibet" patches on his jacket and backpack while always hanging around said officials. He was quite the character.
- croes 6y agoFree Tibet to go back to feudalism? You do know that Tibet and Taiwan wasn't any better for the poorer part of the people. Hong Kong is one of the most expensive places to live. The protesters are part of the privileged and are just fighting to keep them. Didn't hear them complaining back then in the asian banking crisis when China bailed them out with the money from exploited chinese workers.
- hkmaxpro 6y ago> Didn't hear them complaining back then in the asian banking crisis when China bailed them out with the money from exploited chinese workers China “bailing out” Hong Kong is a common myth popularized by the CCP [0]. China refused to interfere with Hong Kong during the 1998 financial crisis, according to former Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa [1]. The Monetary Authority head did not acknowledge any help from China back then [2]. [0] https://medium.com/@lineposthk/%E5%AF%92%E6%9F%8F-%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E6%9B%BE%E5%8B%95%E7%94%A8%E5%A4%96%E5%8C%AF%E5%84%B2%E5%82%99%E6%95%91%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF-4fb1723292cd https://medium.com/@lineposthk/%E5%AF%92%E6%9F%8F-%E4%B8%AD%... (in Chinese) [1] https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2101761/beijing-refused-step-during-1998-hong-kong-financial-crisis https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2101761... [2] https://hk.finance.yahoo.com/news/%E4%BB%BB%E5%BF%97%E5%89%9B-98-%E5%B9%B4%E6%BC%94%E8%AA%AA-%E6%B2%92%E8%AA%AA%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E6%95%91%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF-081319406.html https://hk.finance.yahoo.com/news/%E4%BB%BB%E5%BF%97%E5%89%9... (in Chinese)
- croes 6y agoThanks for the sources.
- maoeurk 6y ago> You do know that Tibet and Taiwan wasn't any better for the poorer part of the people I'm not exactly sure what you're referring to, but Taiwan is generally considered a much nicer place to live than China for the average person. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_in_Asia_and_Oceania_by_Human_Development_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_in_Asia_and_...
- yorwba 6y agoThe important part is the "wasn't" in "Taiwan wasn't any better". After Japan lost WW2, the island of Taiwan they had annexed in 1895 was turned over to the KMT, who moved their capital to Taiwan as a result of losing the Chinese Civil War to the CCP and ruled the island as a one-party dictatorship with martial law lasting from 1949 to 1987, during which they killed and imprisoned many dissidents. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Terror_(Taiwan) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Terror_(Taiwan) Taiwan has only been democratic since the 90s. Before that, the only thing distinguishing their government from that of Mainland China was their anti-Communist ideology.