Protests Put Hong Kong on Collision Course with China’s Communist Party

Re:Protests Put Hong Kong on Collision Course with China’s C... by Mengkudulangsat on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @06:38AM (#20684357)

Which I find to be irrational.

Stamford Raffles "took" Singapore from the Malay sultanate in the 1820s. In 1963, we finally got it back, but let them go barely two years later due to ingrained cultural differences that manifested during the meantime.

With the rise of so many capable cities on the mainland, perhaps pursuit of unification is just not worth the trouble anymore.

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Re:Protests Put Hong Kong on Collision Course with China’s C... by 9nGQluzmnq3M on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @07:35AM (#20684716)

"ingrained cultural differences" -> read: Malay politicians didn't want to deal with a large Chinese-majority city run by a headstrong union leader (Lee Kuan Yew) who could not be counted on to play ball with UMNO.

This is very different from HK and China.

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Re:Protests Put Hong Kong on Collision Course with China’s C... by nesadi on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @07:05AM (#20684530)

> With the rise of so many capable cities on the mainland, perhaps pursuit of unification is just not worth the trouble anymore.

Maybe to you? It's clear from China's actions that they think otherwise and they're willing to do whatever it takes to ensure control and unification.

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Re:Protests Put Hong Kong on Collision Course with China’s C... by Aeolun on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @08:34AM (#20685145)

You can’t really have a bastion of free speech and democracy on your doorstep as an authoritarian state.

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