Watching China try to cope with Hong Kong elections is amazing. There's a half-hearted attempt now to suggest that there was voter intimidation, violence, and rampant attacks, but the problem is that by definition the nearly 3M people who voted were there, and saw for themselves.
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The problem for Hong Kong is that the elections here show China what a free election would look like in Guangzhou, or Shanghai, or Lhasa, or Ürümqi. And so I'm not sure I agree with the emerging consensus that the unequivocal result will persuade Beijing to make concessions here.
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People in authoritarian places become sophisticated consumers of information, so the fact that the Chinese press ran major stories about record turnout in Hong Kong, then stayed silent about the results of the election the next day, will not pass unnoticedhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-china/chinese-papers-avoid-details-of-hong-kongs-democratic-election-landslide-idUSKBN1Y00DU …
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I thought you said, "free electrons short-circuit attempts ‥". I was like, "Well yeah! But I really need to know what this has to do with propaganda in HK!"
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"Comrades, I’m beginning to think that the Hong Liaison Office is not the brilliant tactician I thought it was."pic.twitter.com/82hoxVD4S7
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