The stations are being closed under pressure from Beijing, on the pretext that the safety of passengers and staff is paramount. But I am not aware of any altercation between protesters and passengers or staff. The only people who have endangered riders are police firing tear gas
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A final weird thing protecting Hong Kong is the level of corruption in the PRC. I've twoten before that HK is China's Mt. Gox—the point of exchange between Chinese money and the financial system. High-level PRC officials need Hong Kong to launder their looted funds through.
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So in a twisted way, the corruption and state failure in China protect Hong Kong (so far). China's leaders don't want to just crush the protests, because they need the financial gateway. And they're too used to absolute power to make smart concessions to sabotage the protests.
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The astronomical levels of internal corruption were always the least-understood factor in the collapse of the Soviet Union, at least in the Western eye. That makes me suspect that corruption in China is much more of a driving force than we give it credit for.
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Much more than the US, it blows my mind that the UK is nowhere on this. In a different world, there would have been a lot of talk about what this meant for Britain's "credibility". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration …
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The UK government have been getting involved and continuously warned by China to stay out of it. It’s been on the news loads and the Chinese have arrested Uk officials.
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You're saying that HK is a nice, functioning city. Why would anyone want to see the US involved in any way?
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To them DEMOCRACY is a dirty word.
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Fundamental democratic values? Like beating police forces? The HK riches want to retain their riches. That has nothing to do with democracy but all with CIA meddling in yet another country.
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