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re: Hong Kong is battling for its future right now
Posted on 8/5/19 at 3:05 pm to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 8/5/19 at 3:05 pm to DavidTheGnome
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Posted on 8/5/19 at 3:07 pm to SEClint
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I hate how photos like these taken
It’s very manipulative.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 3:15 pm to Lima Whiskey
There are hundreds of pics of police vs protesters out there. HK police are lobbing tear gas and beating them, I'd wager the pic is certainly genuine.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 3:19 pm to DavidTheGnome
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There are hundreds of pics of police vs protesters out there. HK police are lobbing tear gas and beating them, I'd wager the pic is certainly genuine.
Worse than that...Chinese organized crime have begun beating citizens hoping to curry favorable terms with the communist gov't
Chinese Mafia dressed in white shirts start oppressing protesters (vice)
Posted on 8/5/19 at 3:21 pm to Tigeralum2008
Yep, the guy that's bleeding in the OP was knifed by roaming thugs.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 3:46 pm to prplhze2000
That’s not a legit source. According to his tweets, America at this point in time is clearly the worst place to live in the entire history of mankind.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 3:51 pm to GetCocky11
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They didn't just give it away.
They had a 99 year lease. The lease ran out.
No, they had a 99 year lease on PARTS of it. Other parts of it were won after the Opium Wars and were British in perpetuity. Large portions of Hong Kong were a British Territory, like Guam or Puerto Rico is to the U.S.
The UK ceded all of Hong Kong back to China at the end of their lease of portions of it because they thought it would be highly impractical to have a divided city.
This post was edited on 8/5/19 at 3:54 pm
Posted on 8/5/19 at 4:36 pm to DavidTheGnome
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There are hundreds of pics of police vs protesters out there. HK police are lobbing tear gas and beating them, I'd wager the pic is certainly genuine.
Go back and read his post.
Then look at the photo.
The photo omits the crowd of protesters in the background to give us this single girl vs crowd of heavily armoured riot police.
It’s theatrical.
What you choose not to show is just as important as what you choose to show.
Parts of Beirut were ruined during the civil war. Parts were not. And they often existed side by side. So you could take a still shot of a ruined block. But if you panned left 35 degrees, you’d see a nice hotel, a crowded cafe, and people walking up and down the street.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 5:13 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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No, they had a 99 year lease on PARTS of it.
92% of Hong Kong where 85% of the population lived was included in the lease.
For the sake of the discussion, we really don't need to picky about this.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 5:21 pm to GetCocky11
When will all the ex-pats get out? There is a ton of them there.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 5:29 pm to Lima Whiskey
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It’s theatrical
I'm not buying that. In short, one Chinese chic would not instigate a response. I HIGHLY doubt the photographer had any say at all in this moment.
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Parts of Beirut were ruined during the civil war. Parts were not. And they often existed side by side. So you could take a still shot of a ruined block. But if you panned left 35 degrees, you’d see a nice hotel, a crowded cafe, and people walking up and down the street.
I went there shortly after. What you say is true...kind of. The fighting there was sporadic. Basically, life went on in those moments between fighting. What is occuring in Hong Kong is different. These protests have lead to a pretty big disruption in the daily life for over a week now. The resident's there know what awaits them if they fail to realize any changes.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 5:29 pm to DavidTheGnome
Just a matter of time before this same scene is played out in Taiwan... but instead of batons and fists making people bloody, it will be jets and bombs.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 5:29 pm to DavidTheGnome
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I'd wager the pic is certainly genuine.
Then it's definitely a fraud.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 5:34 pm to DavidTheGnome
Maybe Konkey Dong needs to visit Hong Kong
Posted on 8/5/19 at 5:41 pm to Zappas Stache
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I hear and read about it every day. Its not a bigger story because even if the protesters somehow prevailed, it will only be for another 28 years when Beijing can legally take over HK in 2047 based on the Joint Declaration the UK and China signed when the UK gave Hong Kong back to the Chinese. The mistake was made by the West back then. Sadly, its just a matter of time now.
If the regime lasts that long. Beijing is doing this put of weakness, not strength.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 9:44 pm to jimmy the leg
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I'm not buying that. In short, one Chinese chic would not instigate a response. I HIGHLY doubt the photographer had any say at all in this moment.
You can see the shadows of the other protestors behind her. She's simply stepped into the no mans land between the crowd, and the police.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 9:51 pm to Lima Whiskey
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You can see the shadows of the other protestors behind her. She's simply stepped into the no mans land between the crowd, and the police.
Yes, I see that.
Perhaps I misunderstand your intent. Is she theatrical in terms of circumstance (which I agree with), or are you saying is is theatrical as in staged (which is what I gathered from your post)?
Posted on 8/5/19 at 9:55 pm to Lima Whiskey
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Hong Kong is battling for its future right nowStability. China would fall apart without strong central rule. The protests in HK threaten that stability, and will encourage others to ignore Beijing, or act out. Repression also works.
This is so true. I'm 44 and have been brought up to fear China. "There's a billion fighting chinamen over there" etc. But truth be told China owes us just as much as Europe because they were absolutely the bitch of that little island of Japan until we stamped them out.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 9:56 pm to TexasTiger08
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What is China’s reason for taking over?
hk wants democracy, freedom of speech, free elections
Posted on 8/5/19 at 10:31 pm to CelticDog
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