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by loyukfai 7y ago
Many of the front-line protesters seem to be willing to give up their lives to confront the HK government. They broke into the LegCo building on 1/July, if the police force hasn't withdrawn, probably lots of blood would have been
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by loyukfai 7y ago
> Hong Kong was popularly pro-China before the extradition bill. Depends. For economic co-operation or dependency, probably yes. But Hong Kong people has very little faith in the Chinese legal system, most of us know it's a facade,
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by loyukfai 7y ago
Yes, but China is highly unlikely willing to start or pour in more oil into the fire considering her current economic situations. Hong Kong is not as important as in 20 or 30 years ago, but it's not Xinjiang either.
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by loyukfai 7y ago
The top officials and the establishment of HK successfully created a bubble for themselves over the years, deceiving some people, but more worrisome, themselves as well. That's my take of it. When mainland affiliated media and publishe
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by loyukfai 7y ago
The garrison troops have yet to interfere in the domestic affairs of Hong Kong, at least directly. If and when they do, it will be unlikely to end well.
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by loyukfai 7y ago
Besides wanting to destroy property and take a more aggressive stance, there is a prevalent atmosphere of doomsday feeling among the protesting youth. 3 suicides over the last few days can be associated to the current unrest. I wouldn'
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by loyukfai 7y ago
Those protesters, trying to avoid arrest, left before the police re-occupied the building.
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by loyukfai 7y ago
Maybe. But there was also a mass peaceful demonstration held concurrently (more or less for the same cause), the protesters waited till most of those demonstrators had left, or enough of them who left behind to support them, before action.
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by loyukfai 7y ago
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/07/02/breaking-tear-gas-depl... The protesters had left and the police has reclaimed the building. Apparently the police are also rounding up people leaving via the metro.
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by loyukfai 7y ago
You're right, I should have added: "after the 60s riots". Thanks for the reminder.
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by loyukfai 7y ago
>because even if the government had completely retracted the amendment, they could draft another amendment anytime anyway. Now that Carrie Lam has realised that she cannot do whatever she wants (at least on this issue). The criteria, if
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by loyukfai 7y ago
The majority of the posters are in Chinese. https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1064900 https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1463276-20190617.h... https://thestandnews.co
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by loyukfai 7y ago
The damage is done. It will take quite some time for the opinions of the Taiwanese people to change again, if ever.
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by loyukfai 7y ago
There was supposed to be a general strike tomorrow (Monday), but since the government has suspended the legislation, it seems to be called off (I said "seems" because there is no clear leadership in the current protest movement).
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by loyukfai 7y ago
which has been becoming more and more hardline since 1997. Besides, the HK government cannot act on her own on such big issues. It has to be consulted with the PRC government.
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by loyukfai 7y ago
Yes, but many of the HK protesters, somehow, became obsessed with the terminology. It's part of a broader war between the government and the opposing faction.
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by loyukfai 7y ago
Yes, but she's probably too occupied at the moment to kick another honest's nest. Also, HK can be a valve for the Chinese economy if the trade war continues to deteriorate. The majority of the Chinese people have no idea what&#x27
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by loyukfai 7y ago
The other 5/7 may watch TVB - a HK TV channel of which to many people is their only news source, and which has since been bought by mainlanders, just like many other media and publishing assets in HK - and believe in something totall
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by loyukfai 7y ago
As others have pointed out, HK government is not historically oppressive, physically speaking. So if the protesters initiate violence without being provoked, mass opinions may change real quick. IMO we better consider this on a case-by-case
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by loyukfai 7y ago
Naturally, going onwards, places and things that one cannot buy and/or go without an e-wallet will gradually increase, right?
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by loyukfai 7y ago
Even among the pro-Beijing businesses and the establishment, there are serious concerns about this. Business people want to make money, foreign companies have started to divest from China, perhaps Hong Kong would be next? Passing this law m
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by loyukfai 7y ago
Sometimes I wonder if it's part of a broader trend as the war generation passes away and homo sapiens are itching back towards the "might make right" paradigm.
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by loyukfai 7y ago
Well, respect of human rights maybe a relatively recent "western" concept, but judging from the fact that so many family members of the top brass of the communist party of China have become citizens in these "Western" co
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by loyukfai 7y ago
Am not sure there was any solid plans. People have, or had, different aspirations. It, more than anything, IMO, was said to appease the fear of the HK people who had a deep mistrust of the PRC government. Still, a lot of people emigrated be
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by loyukfai 7y ago
While many may miss the colonial rule for various reasons, most HK people who grew up under the British rule are realistic and understand a return to the commonwealth is nigh impossible under the current situation. I'd venture to say i
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by loyukfai 7y ago
Just read this a few hours ago, is there any other published information for corroboration? From what I gather from the New Yorker piece, this mini-series is ok as long as one takes into consideration that it's a historical drama, not
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by loyukfai 7y ago
Perhaps the potential profit stream of operating an appstore is also an appealing reason?
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by loyukfai 7y ago
>As soon as Google goes too far against the Chinese government AFAIK, most Google stuffs are already blocked by the GFW, and Google Play is not preloaded on Android phones sold in mainland China. What can Google do to go farther...?
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by loyukfai 7y ago
Android phones sold in China use homebrew app stores instead of Google Play already, because of censorship. This news, if true, will affect the devices made by Huawei and sold worldwide though.
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by loyukfai 8y ago
In case anyone is interested, there have been some commits over https://github.com/WireGuard/wireguard-windows/ in the past week before they're taken down (or made private).

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