CCP is terrible at PR like you can do this or you can tell a Peaceful Rise story where everyone you rule with an iron fist likes you but really not both at the same time https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-signals-plan-to-take-full-control-of-hong-kong-realigning-citys-status/2020/05/21/2c3850ee-9b48-11ea-ad79-eef7cd734641_story.html …
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Eagerly awaiting
@BorisJohnson's announcement of Britain's retaliation for China's gross breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration7 replies 4 retweets 50 likesShow this thread -
dont worry Hong Kong the UK will have your back just like Poland
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in conclusion the century of humiliation was bad because it ended
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ok thinking about this more an interesting consideration: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Human_Rights_and_Democracy_Act …pic.twitter.com/JtUXbpkDeh
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meanwhile, https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3085505/beijings-foreign-ministry-office-hong-kong-accuses-us …pic.twitter.com/Z8eImlnRAR
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tldr I wonder if Beijing decided that US was going to yank HK special treatment anyway and decided to mask off
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My admittedly non-Sinologist take is that the number one motivating factor for PRC domestic oppression is, well, domestic, and there is very little an American president can do one way or the other on Hong Kong.
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