China has passed a national security law for Hong Kong

Re:China has passed a national security law for Hong Kong by fiblye on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @04:32AM (#23687988)

Ask any Chinese person whether the quality of life is better now than 5 years ago, and they'll say yes. Ask them if it's better than 10 years ago and they'll say of course. Ask a grandma if it's better than 50 years ago, and she'll think you're insane for even doubting that it's better. People have trains, food, houses, and smartphones as a baseline with many taking international trips. A couple decades ago, China was incredibly poor. Their modern lifestyle was unimaginable, which is why the CCP has no trouble maintaining stability.

And China is chipping away at its various cultures and pushing for one Mandarin-speaking Han identity and achieving that goal quite quickly.

I have no clue what point you're trying to make.

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Re:China has passed a national security law for Hong Kong by arcticbull on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @10:52PM (#23697265)

It's crazy that at the time of the handover, Hong Kong accounted for about 20% of China's GDP. Today, it's just 2.7%

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Re:China has passed a national security law for Hong Kong by baybal2 on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @04:57AM (#23688116)

I can call ten Chinese citizens now, of all walk of life, including non rank holding CPC member, and small time public servants. They will laugh you out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ6UuF85ENA

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