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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDo you think we should be worried that the PLA will massacre thousands in Hong Kong?
CNN says PLA troops are massing on the border. I really do not want to see a Tinnamen Square repeat but seems we are headed there.
BeyondGeography
(39,367 posts)I lived there a long time ago and have been trying to get my head around the thought of the PLA storming some of the most crowded streets on earth.
This is about young people who feel screwed.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/12/meet-the-millennial-leaders-of-hong-kongs-protests.html
NewsCenter28
(1,835 posts)Would help if they tried some diplomacy to de-escalate things here but Dotard could care less about this.
BeyondGeography
(39,367 posts)On top of the other economic pressures extant. Not good news for anyone.
Funtatlaguy
(10,868 posts)To get our knickers all in a wad.
DetroitLegalBeagle
(1,919 posts)If the Chinese gov decides to crush it, they will, and with zero remorse. What is anyone else going to do about it? Nothing, and they know it.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)We're not going to nuke Bejing over Hong Kong.
About all we can do is try to shut down trade with China, and too much of the world economy has become dependent on Chinese exports.
Trenzalore
(2,331 posts)China has been trying the frog in the pot routine with Hong Kong since it was returned from the British.
I fear they realize that approach will not work.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Hell, most people (including myself) were predicting PRC would make this move years before now...
Trenzalore
(2,331 posts)They also risked a significant backlash from the west.
The wealth and technology exists on the mainland and the west is neutered in their ability to respond at this point.
Voltaire2
(12,977 posts)region is long gone. And with Shitler having basically broken whatever passed for normalcy in the world order, China feels free to end HKs special status.
By the way India is doing the same with Kashmir.
We are in the midst of a global fascist revival.