Re:Hong Kong leader to announce formal withdrawal of extradi...
by antpls on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @07:31AM
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For comparison, the Yellow Vests movement in France obtained basically none of their demands after months of protests. Some demands were partially implemented by the government, but I can't think of any demand that has been effectively fully approved and implemented.
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Re:Hong Kong leader to announce formal withdrawal of extradi...
by poukofiru on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @08:27AM
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I’m surprised it’s still going on!
With how the English language media is reporting, I would have thought the Yellow Vest protests are over.
Re:Hong Kong leader to announce formal withdrawal of extradi...
by hadrien01 on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @08:29AM
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It's mostly over.
Re:Hong Kong leader to announce formal withdrawal of extradi...
by nolok on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @09:08AM
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For comparison the yellow vest represented not even a percent of the population during the biggest event, and barely a few thousands most of the time in a country of almost 70 millions. They didn’t represent the majority at all and while Macron approval rating may seem low at just above 30% it’s still the highest rated party leader left or right wing. It’s a long going protest of a vocal minority (which doesn’t say anything about them being right or wrong, but the government cannot completely change its stance because a small minority blocks the streets and ask for it.
At their highest the HK protest had like half the population in the street.
Re:Hong Kong leader to announce formal withdrawal of extradi...
by mistermann on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @01:21PM
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> For comparison the yellow vest represented not even a percent of the population during the biggest event
I've always wondered about public support, is this 1% based on substantial polling?