This was already one country, 1.5 systems and it’s rapidly going down to one country, 1.25 systems. Hong Kong was never fully democratic, but residents are used to having protest as a key means of political expression. So far, it’s been effectively useless and now maybe banned.
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Tonight in Hong Kong, there are simultaneous screenings of Winter of Fire—a documentary about Ukraine’s 2013-14 Euromaidan protests. Pop-up projectors. They’ve been doing this for weeks. HongKongers are searching for something—anything—that works to express their political will.pic.twitter.com/7aJcYDNM1u
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Yes, the country whose president may have just suggested nuking hurricanes is so omnipotent and well-organized that it can somehow make millions of people across the ocean risk their lives to demand true democracy—the most basic demand for centuries now. https://twitter.com/fartron/status/1167073897843515398 …
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Here’s the screenshot of the tweet the coward claiming Hong Kong’s brave protesters are just a “state department op” that he deleted. (And the next one he will likely delete). The deep racism of such claims is infuriating. HongKongers are risking everything for a freer future.pic.twitter.com/cqpJ9Xh3tx
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These idiots who think the state department can “make” millions risk everything probably could not manage to run, say, a coffee shop with two employees. But they’re so racist that they believe in remote magic wands that work especially on nonwhite people, and by the millions.pic.twitter.com/f4HRbMCHbg
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Maybe the state department tries to interfere here and there. Who cares? The idea that millions demand democracy at the behest of some foreign government (at great personal risk!) is deeply deeply racist. The fight for freedom is no culture’s monopoly. https://twitter.com/a_bad_sign/status/1167083357093670914 …pic.twitter.com/aKlGp3LLXe
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Absolutely. The trust these people hold in the capacity of the CIA is astounding. Been watching too many spy movies.https://twitter.com/jmulich/status/1166165299034353665 …
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The "foreign black hand" narrative is a typical response from authoritarian regimes in China or Russia to discredit any domestic protests. But I think it's also important for the protesters to be careful not to take actions to feed such accusations, like those who hold US flags.
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Sure, but worth remembering that the guys waving the Stars and Stripes are a tiny minority. In the last march of approx. 1.7 million I saw less than a dozen of them, but journalists tend to congregate around them. See this by
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Right. I'm not saying the flag waving actually carry any significance. It's just that those actions could easily be used for CCP propaganda. Facing foreign interference allegations, I think it's important for the protesters to be careful not to feed into such narratives.
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The flag-carriers are a few people (I counted under 10 even in protests with hundreds of thousands) and seem to be the same people. The protesters are too polite and respectful of freedom of speech to interfere. They just ignore them.
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I understand some of them are trying to be sarcastic by inviting Trump to send in US troops to rescue HK, which is obviously not realistic. In a nationwide protest in the future in China, shaking off the foreign interference tag is critical to the chances of success
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The Russian opposition leader like Navalny faces the exact same problem as many Russians dismiss him as being part of a US plot. That's why for the opposition to win over public opinion, cutting off foreign connections is important
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