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I didn’t expect any movement on either HK or Taiwan in 2019. Thought this stuff was at least 10y out. I wonder to what extent Trump regime’s general weakness/disarray and obvious retreatitis was a factor that emboldened China to act in 2019. Long game schedule acceleration?
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Seeing this as accelerated by China seems incorrect to me. What I see is a critical mass of protesters who want the hard experience, pushing and pushing till they got it. Do we have any analyses of what's going on that don't immediately fit this into the standard narrative?
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