Beijing says military could intervene in Hong Kong

Re:Beijing says military could intervene in Hong Kong by alasdair_ on Thursday July 25, 2019 @01:58AM (#20522935)

>Using the military on an backwater province is different from deploying troops to a dense city filled with millions of people. Not saying they might not still do it, just pointing out that a PLA invasion of HK would command significant attention and sympathy worldwide.

And, sadly, like in Tienanmen Square, little would change.

The "international community" may condemn the violence and human rights abuses but, well, the "international community" still does business in Saudi Arabia, so the chance of the condemnation changing anything seems minimal.

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Re:Beijing says military could intervene in Hong Kong by luckydata on Thursday July 25, 2019 @02:15AM (#20523028)

Tienanmen and how little the West leaned on China for that is the original sin that led us to the current situation. It's essentially the West' fault for not cutting ties and putting sanctions on China immediately after that. We're paying the price for our cheap electronics.

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Re:Beijing says military could intervene in Hong Kong by pas on Thursday July 25, 2019 @06:40AM (#20524234)

Agreed. Not because it would have helped much, but at least we wouldn't have gotten into this dependency mess.

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Re:Beijing says military could intervene in Hong Kong by avip on Thursday July 25, 2019 @02:12AM (#20523004)

Pretty apt "Where was Gondor" case.

HK-ers are alone. No one will help them.

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