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A comment on Once a Model City, Hong Kong Is in Trouble.

Re:Once a Model City, Hong Kong Is in Trouble by holydude on Thursday June 29, 2017 @01:31PM (#14665132)
Ofc China does not want HK to be free. China found out how to get "rich" without losing control. They want exactly the opposite of what makes HK HK. It's just sad that many strong economies feel like they need / want the growth based on chinese consumption and trade and are feeding this undemocratic behemoth.

What is scary is that China is actively promoting expansion by resettling ethnic han chinese.

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Re:Once a Model City, Hong Kong Is in Trouble by paradite on Thursday June 29, 2017 @07:58PM (#14667776)
Uhm... I think you forgot that ethnic han Chinese are human beings like you, capable of reasoning and driven by self-interest.

I don't appreciate being treated as as a mere weapon.

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Re:Once a Model City, Hong Kong Is in Trouble by holydude on Friday June 30, 2017 @04:12AM (#14669288)
Well then complain to your government ? What is China doing in Africa is not nice.
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Re:Once a Model City, Hong Kong Is in Trouble by awkwarddaturtle on Friday June 30, 2017 @02:26PM (#14672726)
> They want exactly the opposite of what makes HK HK

China is what made HK HK... It was china's economic boom that enriched and modernized china.

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Re:Once a Model City, Hong Kong Is in Trouble by MachinShinn- on Friday June 30, 2017 @01:27AM (#14668801)
Huh? People in HK are already ethnic han chinese... If you're talking about Tibet/East Turkestan, sure.
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Re:Once a Model City, Hong Kong Is in Trouble by holydude on Friday June 30, 2017 @04:12AM (#14669285)
Talking about other places yes.
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Re:Once a Model City, Hong Kong Is in Trouble by deerpig on Friday June 30, 2017 @10:42AM (#14671043)
Yes there are Han Chinese in HK, but the Cantonese, Hakka and Chiu Chow are not ethnic Han people. And languages like Cantonese are closer to Thai than they are to Mandarin. Hakka is very different from Mandarin or Cantonese.
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