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Hong Kongers would very much like to choose their own leadership. I understand that you're arguing from a mainland Chinese perspective, but in so doing you're i
by Arn_Thor 10mo ago
Hong Kongers would very much like to choose their own leadership. I understand that you're arguing from a mainland Chinese perspective, but in so doing you're ignoring the people who ought to have the most to say.
- 10xDev 10mo agoAmerica doesn't speak for Hong Kong and many people don't want America sticking its nose deep into their business especially through someone breaking the law by acting as a pseudo-foreign agent. The irony is that Trump getting involved in pressuring for the release of Jimmy Lai just makes him look even more like an American asset.
- expedition32 10mo agoThat's the tragedy of Hong Kong. They never got the sympathy of the mainland. And I cannot escape the feeling that a lot of Americans believe that a democratic China would be friends with the US...
- 10xDev 10mo agoWho exactly is "friends" with the US at the moment? Maybe Israel? In Trumps world it mostly seems you are either an asset or a liability. They do no want a multipolar world.
- Arn_Thor 10mo agoWho brought up America?
- jambutters 10mo agoI used to have your viewpoint, but after reading Lee Kuan Yew, and after several hours of cross referencing various interviews with the pro-rioters/hk democracy, and pro-engagement/neutral hongkongers, I conclude that most of the pro-rioters like Joshua Wong/Jimmy Lai at large fail to articulate anything of value other than "I want to turn the system upside-down" , while pro-engagement/neutral people know they want upward social mobility and more government involvement in fixing the housing and employment crisis.
- Arn_Thor 10mo agoGood for you. But I didn't refer to any specific pro-democracy figure. I am advocating for free and open elections where everyone, pro-mainland or localist, can choose the direction of the city.