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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
From my own observations, law enforcement in Mainland China is mostly reactive when it comes to product safely. They don't enforce a law unless something becomes an actual, big enough problem - especially if it threatens (the image of) the people in power.
You 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.
Part of me wants to start protest at Chinese embassies in the US. I wonder what the response would be.
Where I grew up, there were pretty frequent protests infront of the Chinese embassy. Year after year. I saw something similar at a Chinese consulate in the US once. I spent two years in Hong Kong. There were frequent (weekly) protests at Chinese buildings (I remember one in particular that seemed to always have a crowd of people, in Sheung Wan, on Connaught Road I think?). It was always super peaceful, from both side…
The Beijing liaison office. That's attracted a lot of protests in the past few weeks, and has had a temporary barricade around it for about as long.
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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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> "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.
Sure. But the reason why the police is looking for laser-pointers is kinda obvious isn't? I am merely pointing out that what you kids are getting away in Hong Kong would have been met with a much stronger reaction elsewhere.
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> "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.
Sure. But the reason why the police is looking for laser-pointers is kinda obvious isn't? I am merely pointing out that what you kids are getting away in Hong Kong would have been met with a much stronger reaction elsewhere.
Some relevant context: laser pointers have been being used by HK protesters lately to interfere with facial recognition on security cameras
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