This is wild. Does anyone have a sense of what people in areas of mainland China think about the protests?
Do they know there are protests?
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#12So a modern day Baghdad Bob?
For those laughing, just remember this when a politician comes forward and wants to protect you from fake news. It can happen anywhere, it just does not need to happen all at once for it to come into being.
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#13http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201906/17/WS5d06d79ca3103d...
> Keung Suk-man, one of the parents among the protesters, denounced the opposition camp for calling for a strike by schools and teachers to oppose the extradition amendments. Such blatant incitement went against the school's principle of protecting students and training them to think independently, she added. "training them to think independently", It really does read like satire
It always amazes me that either 1. they can't see how ridiculous what they are writing is or 2. don't care because it works and they get paid, no matter how deceptive, immoral, and harmful it is.
The world would be so much better if people refused to write this hypocritical drivel.
I've known people like that; I try to stay far away from them.
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#15http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201906/17/WS5d06d79ca3103d...
> Among these social groups was an alliance of more than 30 local political, business and legal dignitaries who support the proposed amendments to the SAR's extradition law. Why does anyone in HK support the amendments (or is this fake news)?
It might well be that 30 people or so support the amendments, but what China Daily forgot to report is that more than a million people marched to protest against them.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Among these social groups was an alliance of more than 30 local political, business and legal dignitaries who support the proposed amendments to the SAR's extradition law. Why does anyone in HK support the amendments (or is this fake news)?
It might well be that 30 people or so support the amendments, but what China Daily forgot to report is that more than a million people marched to protest against them.
2 million, according to some estimates. From the images, it definitely looked more than the 1m that were out in the streets last week.
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#17What is so absurd about the US trying to influence the legislation or elections of another region?
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#18Maybe you ought to read CNN for a more nuanced view on this.
People claiming everyone is against this, ought to remember that it fits with long term policies of the current government in Hong Kong. Someone must have elected them.
> Seen in light of this pattern of conduct by Hong Kong's government, the extradition bill is nothing new.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/11/opinions/hong-kong-protes...
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#19More importantly, YouTube now labels all media channels like BBC or RT by their funding sources, where's that disclaimer on any PRC media outlets?
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
It might well be that 30 people or so support the amendments, but what China Daily forgot to report is that more than a million people marched to protest against them.
2 million, according to some estimates. From the images, it definitely looked more than the 1m that were out in the streets last week.
Yes, maybe a quarter of the population. It's insane, and inspiring, the strength of the opposition.
BTW, for better coverage of HK news I recommend the HK Free Press: