An update on YC China • Hacker News Board

Re: An update on YC China

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Post by SkyMarshal » Mon, Dec 02, 2019, 3:09 AM UTC

stevens32 wrote: post #269

SkyMarshal wrote: post #158

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The US can't take military action in Hong Kong, because its handover to China was completely legal. You can thank the British for their short-sightnedness on this one, but nothing the rest of the world can do, at least overtly. I see this fact repeatedly forgotten or overlooked in the brewhaha over HK.

Are we just going to ignore why Hong Kong was under British rule in the first place?

That's not necessary legally, since the legal handover is already sufficient to justify non-intervention.

But of course the way Hong Kong was originally acquired at the point of a gun bolsters the moral/ethical case for both the legal handover and non-intervention.

Re: An update on YC China

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Post by throwaway423342 » Thu, Dec 05, 2019, 8:45 AM UTC

learc83 wrote: post #132

zlei wrote: post #129

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Chinese citizen here. I guess you're implying that certain bad things are happening in China. Do you really live in China and see those things happen, or just hear about them from the media? And is it possible that some of the media in US are inhonest? Just as there're inhonest media in China. I'm not fighting you on this topic; just don't understand why there's so much hatred towards our country.

There is plenty of non US media reporting on the camps in Xinjiang. Why don't you travel to Xinjiang and do some investigating. If the camps there are really fabricated by the US media, surely the government won't mind you traveling around and filming the suspected sites? >just don't understand why there's so much hatred towards our country. I don't hate you or the other people of your country. I'd love to visit some…

There're serious security issues that need to be addressed in Xinjiang. Don't assume it's related to racism. Also, when you use the word `camp` it automatically reminds people of Nazi camps during WWII. They are not the same, on multiple levels.

Re: An update on YC China

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Post by throwaway423342 » Thu, Dec 05, 2019, 9:02 AM UTC

colechristensen wrote: post #265

throwaway423342 wrote: post #252

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Can the US stay away from this? > park an aircraft carrier group in HK waters. This is called invasion. What is your incentive in supporting an invasion?

>What is your incentive in supporting an invasion? Isolationism and appeasement post-WWI leading to the next, disastrous world war which could have been avoided or significantly diminished with early intervention.

Seriously, mind your own stuff. How would you feel if some other country parks an aircraft carrier group in US waters, because the US - has a racial discrimination problem? - invades citizen's privacy through wire tapping? - the presidential election is just a funny show? ...

Stay the f* out!