Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Kong protests

Re:Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Ko... by markus_zhang on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @09:44PM (#20763872)

It might be legitimate for a western people e.g. you may be used to get different laws in different levels of government, but it's utterly unthinkable for the Chinese. The fact that HK even keeps foreign judges and officials pretty much surprised a lot of Chinese.

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Re:Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Ko... by nailer on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @10:18PM (#20764038)

You know Taiwan and Korea are successful democracies right? Why do you think people choosing their leaders is a western attribute? The PRC itself is even ostensibly run by the people (it obviously isn't).

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Re:Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Ko... by brigandish on Thursday August 22, 2019 @01:34AM (#20764959)

If Hong Kongers really are Chinese then, on the contrary, it's thinkable.

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Re:Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Ko... by NoodleIncident on Thursday August 22, 2019 @03:08PM (#20771374)

I didn't ask for your opinion about the protests, because you've already made it quite obvious. It is complete bullshit to use them as an example to say that the freedom of speech of the average Chinese citizen isn't restricted.

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