Last night I had to walk for two hours to get outside a police cordon to a functioning MTR station, which was about to shut down. Buses were running empty as well. I was helped along by a group of older people going on foot to see a pop concert they had nonrefundable tickets to.
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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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I believe a part of it is how much the PRC misunderstands the reactions of people who have grown up with freedom of speech and assembly. I think the reactions of Hongkongers have genuinely confused them. Which has caused the PRC to completely miss straightforward solutions.
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