Comments on: Hong Kong unrest continues…

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 01:29:49 +0000

Correction:
In the last sentence it should be
now disqualify offenses.

By: 0m

0m — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 01:13:40 +0000

Dave:

Thanks for you insight.

By: neo

neo — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 01:12:57 +0000

Dave:

That’s fascinating information.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 00:45:07 +0000

Hong kong has a faux parliament system that only half of the seats were open to be elected by the general public, the other half of the seats were allotted to interest groups categorised by different industries in both the public and private sector. Traditionally most of the interest group seats of the private sectors belong to the pro Beijing parties due to Hong Kong’s close commercial ties with China. The system has been designed in a way that Pro democracy parties will never win majority no matter what. Instead what is at stake in most of the past elections had been whether the pro democracy parties could retain the critical veto power by winning 1/3 of the seats, and pro Beijing parties having the majority while the democratic parties having the veto power to safeguard autonomy of Hong Kong by vetoing legislations ordered to be proposed by Beijing through their proxy agents had been the status quo for many years after the turnover. The status quo was broken when Beijing found a new very creative way to steal seats from the democratic parties in order to take away the veto power by disqualifying legitimately elected lawmakers (mostly under 30 freshman youngsters who were inexperienced and got set up) by finding faults in their actions (such as acting disrespectful to China during the Inaugural Ceremonies) and abusing the final court of appeal system to redefine previously allow actions into not disqualifiable actions.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 14:30:14 +0000

Trum should tell China that the Hong Kong government is causing these problems because the CIA told them to. That would be hilarious, and maybe even true.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 14:29:20 +0000

This is not the Hong Kong rebelling against mainland Mao China. The status quo is actually beneficial to both parties. This is Hong Kong raising the finger of rebellion to their own Hong Kong government, which has decided to go Merkel all of a sudden.

The Maoist Chinese has a rather difficult problem here. They would actually not mind compromising, but they would lose face and Hong Kong’s problems should be solved by their own elected officials. If Chinese intervenes… even if in favor of the protestors, this would destroy hong Kong’s independence, and their cash cow status.

They are Fked either way, amazingly enough.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 14:26:27 +0000

Hong Kong was given some kind of independent city/state status. They would not be taxed or rather would not be regulated by Chinese Communist policies. They would retain the capitalist cash cow, which would have to “pay tribute” to the Maoist regime. This satisfied the Communist Gang of 9, since it riched them and Hong Kong movies promoted Chinese exceptionalism. Sorta like Hollywood movies did for FDR American style exceptionalism in WW2.

However recently, some kind of extradition treaty was created where China could extradite people from Hong Kong, and this was agreed and stamped on by the Hong Kong “puppet government” considered to be elected by Hong Kong residents. Well, elections win right?

Until they become a “puppet” at least.

By: Ben David

Ben David — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 09:00:31 +0000

*Shrug*
This was decided when Britain signed off. It was just a question of when.

If the australians – and especially aussie conservatives – are smart they will push for a fast track for these refugees.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 00:27:21 +0000

Some of the more valiant Protesters actually want the army to be deployed, they belong to a segment of political opposition in Hong Kong called the scorched earth sect who wants Hong Kong’ economy to be destroyed to punish the business tycoons and pro China middle class who benefitted from the rise of property price who kissed the rings of Beijing through betraying Hong kong’s Self interest. Some say they are sleeping agents of Beijing taking order to sow discourses in Hong Kong to give Beijing excuses to exercise more control in Hong Kong in the name of cracking down insurgents who are seeking independence, some say they take money from CIA or even soros to sow discourses for whatever reasons that benefit the alleged benefactors.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 00:12:11 +0000

Not sure if it has been universally been reported in the west but six young people have already been committed suicide by jumping off buildings to condemn the extradition legislation. Beijing deploying the liberation army to Hong Kong is the only way this protest will end because it is a personal vendettas that can be resolved unless blood is shed. No need to go to war with China, just confiscate every penny of China corrupt officials and their relatives assets Beijing will freaking kowtow to America, xi’s opposition would have enough supports to stage coup and they would voluntarily assassin xi and hand his head over to America on a plate. There is no freaking real patriotism in China, the country is being hold together by a fragile social contract based entirely on materialistic prosperity and economic grow, after the atrocities Beijing have done to its people in the last 70 years the only legitimacy to govern the have left is the economy, no soldiers will fight if they don’t get paid, if you can destroy its economy, communist party collapses in a day.