Re:Beijing says military could intervene in Hong Kong
by goblin89 on Thursday July 25, 2019 @02:55AM
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I keep wishing the West stopped reporting on “successful” protests. What good does that do? Make mainland China more and more insecure about its image?
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Re:Beijing says military could intervene in Hong Kong
by sametmax on Thursday July 25, 2019 @02:58AM
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What good is a protest if it's not heard and relayed ?
Re:Beijing says military could intervene in Hong Kong
by goblin89 on Thursday July 25, 2019 @03:16AM
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Relayed where?
The target audience of the protests are (1) local officials, and (2) fellow citizens who do not share the gravity of the situation.
CCP will, of course, know of the protests with no need for any relay.
The “HK students protested against pro-China regulation and quickly succeeded, rejoice!” articles in Western media, though, will also be read by CCP. What would you do if you felt yourself losing your hard-earned strong image in front of the whole world?
Local media attention helps, worldwide—not so much.
Re:Beijing says military could intervene in Hong Kong
by pas on Thursday July 25, 2019 @05:53AM
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Just cut your losses, donate HK to itself, like Singapore.
Of course, since Beijing is not really the backing down type, it'll be a little bit of a bloodshed and the unification will be completed ahead of schedule.