I am pretty sure China doesn't have a restriction on laser pointers. There are laser pointers up to 1W for sale on taobao.com
I seem to remember some dodgy street vendors in Sanlitun hawking these things.
Police arrest student leader over laser pointers in Hong Kong
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#22Part of me wants to start protest at Chinese embassies in the US. I wonder what the response would be.
Nitpick: There's only one Chinese embassy in the USA, in Washington D.C.
The other diplomatic offices are consulates.
If it's anything like the Chinese Embassy in New Zealand, there's usually regular protests outside, for a variety of reasons. Their response would be to ignore them, like they usually do.
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#23Part of me wants to start protest at Chinese embassies in the US. I wonder what the response would be.
Nitpick: There's only one Chinese embassy in the USA, in Washington D.C. The other diplomatic offices are consulates. If it's anything like the Chinese Embassy in New Zealand, there's usually regular protests outside, for a variety of reasons. Their response would be to ignore them, like they usually do.
Get rowdier.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Mens rea alone isn't enough to be convicted of a crime, but the actus reus in this case sounds like possession rather than use. I don't know about HK laws on laser pointers but here in Australia there are restrictions on laser pointers - anything >1mW requires a permit in most states, without a permit you're liable for possession of a prohibited weapon whether or not you planned to use it. Even <1mW, you may be requi…
> I don't know about HK laws on laser pointers I think at this point you should be looking into China's laws on laser pointers, not Hong Kong's.
No. The central government maintains a tight grip on the Hong Kong Government, and of course occasionally acts of its own accord in Hong Kong (see the case of the booksellers' rendition), but for the most part they still have to let the Hong Kong legal system operate as it does.
Even in light of these protests, it continues to seem fairly unlikely that Beijing will want to intervene militarily or impose direct controls over the HK government unless things heat up considerably more than they have already.
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#25You try pointing a laser-pointer at a police officer around here and you will be lucky if you are just arrested.
> "Officers later searched his bag and found the pointers. Fong is heard saying he bought them for star-gazing."
This is from the article. The pointers were in his bag. He didn't point at anyone. Your comment implied that he did, and that's factually incorrect.
Re: Police arrest student leader over laser pointers in Hong Kong
#26You try pointing a laser-pointer at a police officer around here and you will be lucky if you are just arrested.
According to the article, he had them in his bag and there's no evidence of him using them.
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#27I am pretty sure China doesn't have a restriction on laser pointers. There are laser pointers up to 1W for sale on taobao.com
This is in HK. A city in China but in an autonomous region. Communist China has different laws.
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#28I am pretty sure China doesn't have a restriction on laser pointers. There are laser pointers up to 1W for sale on taobao.com
And in case it’s not obvious, they’re incredibly dangerous to eyesight. They’ll literally blind you before you can blink.
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#29Part of me wants to start protest at Chinese embassies in the US. I wonder what the response would be.
Nitpick: There's only one Chinese embassy in the USA, in Washington D.C. The other diplomatic offices are consulates. If it's anything like the Chinese Embassy in New Zealand, there's usually regular protests outside, for a variety of reasons. Their response would be to ignore them, like they usually do.
Double nitpick: China has a second embassy in the US, the UN embassy in Manhattan.
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#30Thought I'd agree with this, but they were found in his bag. Doesn't sound like he used them and there's no mention of whether or not they're of an illegal class (assuming some are illegal in HK). Another article (1) quotes the Chief Inspector as saying: "If anyone uses such an object to attack a person, it could also be deemed an offensive weapon" but no mention of such an attack in this specific case. Can anyone su…
Your tone implies that there are rules.