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The West lulled itself to sleep, singing the lullaby that Chinese economic growth would result in a liberalised China.
With Winnie set for life the West belatedly wakes to the reality of a tyrannical dictatorship. Sleep replaced by the nightmare that Chinese expansionism is real, its intent clear.
For those of us observing HK it is very clear that this sets the tone for Chinese intent. Either we resist or we succumb, but the actions of those souls in HK ought remind us that the stakes are high.
The retreat of globalsation ought give pilots/flight attendants cause for concern. Flying into regions that the company (safe away from security forces) still deem "good for business" may not be good for one's personal rights, privacy and property.
Concur. China overreached. Now they're stuck in a mess they created through sheer arrogance and pigheadedness. Do nothing, risk protest contagion across China. Interfere, and they lose their #1 money laundering hub. If they interfere with troops rolling into the city, the scam most of us believe One Country, Two Systems has become anyhow collapses utterly, and there's nothing left in Hong Kong but the sky high rents. Also, it's becoming obvious this generation of Hong Kong kids are made of The Real Stuff... balls of titanium standing up to the largest totalitarian juggernaut since Stalin and Adolf. But commies on the ground in uniform will render all of Kowloon into one long smoldering ghetto for years to come. Businesses will walk. Put a fork in it.