One of the interesting aspect of the soft curfew in Hong Kong (early MTR and bus system closures) is that it's extended each day, very quietly. You have to read the fine print on the MTR website. It's been 16 days and the government is still pretending this is about repairshttps://twitter.com/VerbatimHKG/status/1185592679528222721 …
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Carrie Lam, whose approval rating may soon be in the single digits, has achieved something no other Hong Kong CE had been able to do—she unified her city and created a feeling of common cause and solidarity in its people. Unfortunately, she unified everyone against herself.
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In a rational society, if the only way you can keep a third of the population from taking to the street to demand your resignation is to tank the economy by shutting down the transport network, somebody resigns. But there have been no resignations in Hong Kong, and there won't be
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