[Politics] Hong Kong

[The Maharajah of Sydney]

Carrie Lam about to announce formal withdrawal of extradition bill ;

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong...-leader-carrie-lam-announce-formal-withdrawal



Power to the people !!

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Well done to those brave people.

 

[blue-shifted]

This is far from over. I'm sure there will be reprisals from the Chinese government.

It does show what direct action can achieve though

 

[middletoenail]

Unfortunately this crap will drag on, because the protestors are completely unrealistic in their 'demands'.

To demand the government release criminals who have been petrol bombing police stations, attacking innocent civilians and causing disruption and damage to the international airport and major train stations is quite frankly ludicrous - all whilst they accuse the police of being heavy handed.

They also want Carrie Lam to retract calling the protestors rioters, which kind of contradicts their actions!

 

[Triggaaar]

They also want Carrie Lam to retract calling the protestors rioters, which kind of contradicts their actions!

Well no, because not all of the protestors have rioted and caused damage. You don't need to label everyone the same.

 

[middletoenail]

Well no, because not all of the protestors have rioted and caused damage. You don't need to label everyone the same.

Unfortunately a large contingent did. What we have seen recently have been riots.

 

[Triggaaar]

Unfortunately a large contingent did. What we have seen recently have been riots.

There have been a couple of million protestors haven't there? Do you really think a million of them rioted and caused damage?

 

[middletoenail]

There have been a couple of million protestors haven't there? Do you really think a million of them rioted and caused damage?

I think you need to learn the definition of a riot.

 

[Triggaaar]

I think you need to learn the definition of a riot.

I know what a riot is. If someone is there when a riot happens, that person themselves does not become a rioter.

 

[Swansman]

China is the non.sustainable but de facto only reason we are not in a deep economical depression and there is absolutely no-one who would dare to interfere with their business. If their government decide to slaughter all of Hong Kong, no one would do shit to stop it. Its a very weird situation.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Carrie Lam about to announce formal withdrawal of extradition bill ;

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong...-leader-carrie-lam-announce-formal-withdrawal



Power to the people !!

This.And now they've bravely won this key victory, they really need to ease things down a notch, at least for now. Not a country on the planet that will sit back and watch what they regard as anarchy on their streets without taking action.

 

[Palacefinder General]

Wow, just wow. So young and brave the leaders of the protests.

 

[Palacefinder General]

What happened with this, did the Chinese government wipe all the protesters out with a batch of coronavirus?

 

[dazzer6666]

What happened with this, did the Chinese government wipe all the protesters out with a batch of coronavirus?

The protesters feel strongly about things, but not strongly enough to risk catching it.....it'll all kick off again when the virus disappears (could be a while)

 

[Swansman]

What happened with this, did the Chinese government wipe all the protesters out with a batch of coronavirus?

No, thousands of "suicides/accidents" did a job though, together with the Chinese governments decision to (temporarily) back off. And of course not much will happen until this virus thing is over.

 

[LamieRobertson]

The protesters feel strongly about things, but not strongly enough to risk catching it.....it'll all kick off again when the virus disappears (could be a while)

All back to normal

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-52786734

 

[nicko31]

Looks like the stakes have increased.

Johnson....

"Britain will change its immigration rules and offer millions of people in Hong Kong "a route to citizenship" if China imposes new security laws"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52900700

If was in HK I'd get the hell out...

Whilst on one had I commend Johnson for taking this stance. On the other its comes at the worse possible time as a WTO Brexit looks more and more likely, we may not may well out on our own