Re:Apple CEO backs China’s ‘open’ Internet vision as censors...
by vkou on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @03:24PM
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"Hong Kong is being repressed" does not mean that Xi is meaningfully less liberal, overall.
How has Xi changed life for citizens of mainland China - the 99.5% of the population that does not live in Hong Kong? How has it become more authoritarian for them?
Every time I've asked this question, the answer has always involved Hong Kong - as if it is representative of China as a whole.
Nobody considers Puerto Rico to be representative of the rest of the United States, or Gibraltar to be representative of the rest of the United Kingdom. Hong Kong is, in a similar vein, a poor litmus test.
How has Xi changed life for citizens of mainland China - the 99.5% of the population that does not live in Hong Kong? How has it become more authoritarian for them?
Every time I've asked this question, the answer has always involved Hong Kong - as if it is representative of China as a whole.
Nobody considers Puerto Rico to be representative of the rest of the United States, or Gibraltar to be representative of the rest of the United Kingdom. Hong Kong is, in a similar vein, a poor litmus test.