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This shows the importance of cultural understanding and the lack of it when western commentators look at events in China. July 1st marks the 100th anniversary o
by ackbar03 5y ago
This shows the importance of cultural understanding and the lack of it when western commentators look at events in China. July 1st marks the 100th anniversary of the CCP, its pretty simple. It was probably done just to make ensure stability and so that it goes by without a hitch and nobody tries anything stupid. This sort of stuff is pretty typical of them, especially near important dates.
- boredprograming 5y agoI may be typical but it's nuts. Send your secret police to harass your critics whenever an important date is coming up.
- toomanybeersies 5y agoTechnically, it was 500 uniformed officers, and not the secret police (which in this case would be the MSS).
- graderjs 5y agoWell it's more complex now. There is a special unit for NSL matters, and the NSL permitted the state agencies to openly operate in HK (they were thankfully already operating but not openly), but I think it's mostly done with the coordination of the NSL unit, which is also connected to police. So probably some of the people in the raid were staff from the NSL unit. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3088261/hong-kong-police-unit-dedicated-enforcing-new-national https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/30...