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Hong Kong pro-democracy Stand News shuts down after police raid, arrests

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Re: Hong Kong pro-democracy Stand News shuts down after police raid, arrests

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I don't like the "pro democrcay" thing... Isn't it more like "pro occidental/western" countries versus "pro chinese/urss/oriental" countries ? When used that way, democracy sounds like an absolutely good thing which it is not; it's just a way to organize power...

"Xism is not good or bad; it's just a way to organize power". Excuse me I gotta puke.

Re: Hong Kong pro-democracy Stand News shuts down after police raid, arrests

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post #48

The West needs to realize Hong Kong is a part of China, that was leased to the UK for 100 years The West has no more say in it than China has a say in Catalonia or Scotland independence, Texas or California secession. Or their governing models https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handover_of_Hong_Kong To the bigger question, since world border defining wars have become an historic unacceptable concept, how much power should…

What you say applies to the Kowloon New Territories north of Boundary Street and the outlying islands (and it wasn't 100 but 99 years but I digress).[1] It does not apply to Kowloon south of Boundary Street and Victoria / Hong Kong Island.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Territories

Re: Hong Kong pro-democracy Stand News shuts down after police raid, arrests

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post #30
post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This would be the worst course of action. The Chinese population is propagandized enough and won't hesitate to go to war head-on against the West.

It is an interesting question on how to deprogram the pro-communist party populous. All the brainwashed types I’ve ever spoken to believe the most insane things despite otherwise being intelligent people. E.g. Covid was made by the US to frame China. They also seem to conflate criticism of the CCP with Chinese people in general. I suspect many of the people behind the troll pro-China accounts commenting here are doin…

Try convince people vaccine is good/bad for them, you got a ticket for a ride already.

Accept it is a fact that people who you thought is unreasonable thought precisely the same about you.

Re: Hong Kong pro-democracy Stand News shuts down after police raid, arrests

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post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This would be the worst course of action. The Chinese population is propagandized enough and won't hesitate to go to war head-on against the West.

Why do people think that Chinese nationalism is a result of communist propaganda? Why would it be wrong or unexpected for people to go to war if their country was attacked? The Chinese have seen their country invaded and sold piecemeal and have been striving to 'fight back' and to stand on their own two feet. That reaction started before the communist party was even created and the party is just an expression of it.

You can check with Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Philipines and other SA countries. I don't see Chile being hostile towards Spanish or Americans. A lot of these countries have in common though. They have different form of government. Perhaps, trying to be peaceful and forgiving would go a long way than trying to be mecha-ultra-vibranium-wolf-eagle?
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