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The urge to exert authority that the author speaks of in the beginning is disturbing. Having seen how they do it in China first hand, I am horrified to imagine
by natch 5y ago
The urge to exert authority that the author speaks of in the beginning is disturbing. Having seen how they do it in China first hand, I am horrified to imagine the fate that awaits Taiwan if China ever takes over. The pent up (falsely based, imho) anger amongst PRC people toward Taiwan and its friendly people is difficult to overstate. If this (Shanghai) is how they treat their own locals, imagine how they will treat estranged “citizens” who have dared to think they have lived under a better system for all these years.
- onlyrealcuzzo 5y agoWe can already look to Hong Kong for that.
- natch 5y agoI suspect Taiwan is going to be another level. In Hong Kong the transition was planned and executed over a number of years (decades even) with cooperation from most local authorities and evolutionary changes continuing gradually over many years. In Taiwan it could be sudden and brutal. If you've ever seen truly country people from the inner provinces… I mean the most country-bumpkin (土 / "earthy") type of them, not the ones you meet from big cities, and think about how the PLA is partially made up of some of these people, the stories about Russian soldiers entering Ukraine and being amazed to find that regular households have microwaves, blenders, and nutella… start to give a picture of what kind of soldiers will be blanketing Taiwan in the event of a large invasion. It will not be like Hong Kong at all.