Current Events > China increases pressure on Hong Kong, gives police sweeping new powers

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s0nicfan
07/06/20 6:49:03 PM
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It gets worse literally every day. Hong Kong is completely fucked.

https://hongkongfp.com/2020/07/06/breaking-hong-kong-security-law-police-handed-
power-to-do-warrantless-searches-freeze-assets-intercept-comms-control-internet/
Hong Kong police will be authorised to conduct searches at private properties without a warrant, restrict suspects movements, freeze their assets, intercept communications and require internet service providers to remove information, as the citys leader handed more powers to the force for implementing the new national security law.

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Smackems
07/06/20 6:50:13 PM
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Why don't they just take it already. We all know it's coming. Nothing is really going to be done to help them

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s0nicfan
07/06/20 6:52:37 PM
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Smackems posted...
Why don't they just take it already. We all know it's coming. Nothing is really going to be done to help them

For the same reason that they have successfully genocided an entire people and haven't even been sanctioned for it. They've learned that a thousand small actions will go undeterred but a single large action can lead to problems.

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LightHawKnight
07/06/20 6:54:21 PM
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Apparently these horrible actions are small.

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PepsiWithCoke
07/06/20 7:05:48 PM
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At this point the UK should just declare all Hong Kong citizens UK citizens, They've clearly broken the treaty they signed to get Hong Kong in the first place.

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s0nicfan
07/06/20 7:15:22 PM
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PepsiWithCoke posted...
At this point the UK should just declare all Hong Kong citizens UK citizens, They've clearly broken the treaty they signed to get Hong Kong in the first place.

China is openly threatening the UK over even offering a path to citizenship:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53307327
The ambassador did not spell out in any detail the consequences of Britain changing course on Huawei, or of Britain's offer of citizenship to British National (Overseas) passport holders.

But his use of a quote he attributed to former US National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski - "If we make China an enemy, China will become an enemy" - was a barely veiled warning.


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PepsiWithCoke
07/06/20 7:22:25 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
China is openly threatening the UK over even offering a path to citizenship:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53307327
So?, Make them do something.

China is a paper tiger, If the NATO countries stop doing business with them and/or cancel debt, They have no power.

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LightHawKnight
07/06/20 7:24:26 PM
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PepsiWithCoke posted...
So?, Make them do something.

China is a paper tiger, If the NATO countries stop doing business with them and/or cancel debt, They have no power.

Hah, paper tiger. With what covid19 has showed us, the rest of the world is way too dependent on China's cheap labor.

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pfh1001
07/06/20 7:25:42 PM
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It's too bad this is just yet another thing that China will get away with as the rest of the world continues to roll over & be their little bitch.
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PepsiWithCoke
07/06/20 7:27:02 PM
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LightHawKnight posted...
Hah, paper tiger. With what covid19 has showed us, the rest of the world is way too dependent on China's cheap labor.
India, Vietnam, And South America are just as cheap (sadly).

There would be disruption moving production, But nothing that won't be solved in 20 years.

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Antifar
07/06/20 7:27:56 PM
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Me personally, I would not give police sweeping new powers
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LightHawKnight
07/06/20 7:29:42 PM
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PepsiWithCoke posted...
India, Vietnam, And South America are just as cheap (sadly).

There would be disruption moving production, But nothing that won't be solved in 20 years.

With all the shortages and issues coming from the few months so far, what makes you think the world can take 20 years?

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mach25687
07/06/20 8:18:17 PM
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Can't wait till America does the same thing thank to empire of Trump.

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Ivynn
07/06/20 8:19:21 PM
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PepsiWithCoke posted...
There would be disruption moving production, But nothing that won't be solved in 20 years.

Business generally don't like thinking about the long term when they can profit in the short term.

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Alucard188
07/06/20 8:21:47 PM
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Antifar posted...
Me personally, I would not give police sweeping new powers

You are also not Chinese Winnie the Pooh.

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fohstick
07/06/20 8:22:28 PM
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china cannot stop winning
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monkmith
07/06/20 8:24:23 PM
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Alucard188 posted...
You are also not Chinese Winnie the Pooh.
mods should be more careful with their words, might get gamefaqs banned in china...

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Questionmarktarius
07/06/20 8:25:18 PM
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When Hongkong goes, Taiwan is next.
Mongolia better start looking out, too.
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s0nicfan
07/06/20 8:25:50 PM
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monkmith posted...
mods should be more careful with their words, might get gamefaqs banned in china...

Is it that easy?



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Lonestar2000
07/06/20 8:27:23 PM
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Why are the Hong Kong police beholden to China?

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berlyman101
07/06/20 8:27:45 PM
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Someone is going to have to take a stand to these fuckers, but unfortunately the bystander effect is alive and well. As we watched Germany get away with horrendous crimes in the 20th century we will watch now as China does the same and hope that when we uncover the truth, it is not worse.

"Never forget" unless your commerce depends on tyranny and genocide.

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onedarksoul
07/06/20 8:28:33 PM
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Freedom is officially dead in Hong Kong.

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monkmith
07/06/20 8:28:36 PM
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berlyman101 posted...
Someone is going to have to take a stand to these fuckers, but unfortunately the bystander effect is alive and well. As we watched Germany get away with horrendous crimes in the 20th century we will watch now as China does the same and hope that when we uncover the truth, it is not worse.

"Never forget" unless your commerce depends on tyranny and genocide.
that's been tried before, they got run over by tanks...

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LightHawKnight
07/06/20 8:28:46 PM
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Lonestar2000 posted...
Why are the Hong Kong police beholden to China?

Cause the current chief executive of Hong Kong is beholden to China.

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Crazyman93
07/06/20 8:31:15 PM
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PepsiWithCoke posted...
China is a paper tiger,
No nuclear power is a "paper tiger"

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Questionmarktarius
07/06/20 8:31:18 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
Is it that easy?
Would West Taiwan even want Tibet and a tiny corner of Kashmir?
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Unsugarized_Foo
07/06/20 8:32:08 PM
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Ive been trying my best to buy non-Chinese things. Fuck that government.

While I dont agree with what the people in the US do all the time, I am happy that we like to shit all over our government at times

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Alucard188
07/06/20 8:32:17 PM
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LightHawKnight posted...
Cause the current chief executive of Hong Kong is beholden to China.

Wasn't he specifically put there as an adjutant to the Chinese government?

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Questionmarktarius
07/06/20 8:32:34 PM
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Unsugarized_Foo posted...
Ive been trying my best to buy non-Chinese things.
That exists?
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UnholyMudcrab
07/06/20 8:33:15 PM
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I don't see how Hong Kong makes it out of this. It seems like their best bet at this point is just to try to do as much damage to China as they can in the process.
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LightHawKnight
07/06/20 8:35:09 PM
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Alucard188 posted...
Wasn't she specifically put there as an adjutant to the Chinese government?

She was.

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Questionmarktarius
07/06/20 8:51:02 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
I don't see how Hong Kong makes it out of this.
Consider this:

Hong Kong
Area: 2,755 sq km
Population: 7,500,700

Falkland Islands
Area: 12,200 sq km
Population: 3,398
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UnholyMudcrab
07/06/20 8:56:43 PM
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Questionmarktarius
07/06/20 9:02:23 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
I can't say I see the relevance of that
If Hongkongers are UK subjects now (again), then evacuating the population to the Falklands should be an available option.

Maybe even Canada, if the Queen still actually owns the place.
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ZeroX91
07/06/20 9:06:35 PM
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Hong Kong has been fucked since the start still had 20~ years (cant remember exact number either 10 or 30) on returning to Chinese hands and Xi is 100% in the wrong not honoring the treaty but yea England is too big a coward to stand up to him.

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ZeroX91
07/06/20 9:10:06 PM
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PepsiWithCoke posted...
India, Vietnam, And South America are just as cheap (sadly).

There would be disruption moving production, But nothing that won't be solved in 20 years.
A lot of us and uk owned businesses are moving out at the very least.

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Crazyman93
07/06/20 11:24:50 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
evacuating the population to the Falklands should be an available option.
How much of the land is USABLE though. That's a more important question than square miles. I could buy 400 acres in Tibet, but if it's the part with Mt Everest on it, what good is it gonna do me?

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onedarksoul
07/06/20 11:58:20 PM
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Crazyman93 posted...
No nuclear power is a "paper tiger"
Plus they have endless bodies

I mean endless

For every Chinese killed, five more rise to take his place

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CountDog
07/07/20 12:06:41 AM
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Well china may push everyone into a war. It's getting mighty aggressive. And so are we.

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Questionmarktarius
07/07/20 12:07:30 AM
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Crazyman93 posted...
How much of the land is USABLE though. That's a more important question than square miles. I could buy 400 acres in Tibet, but if it's the part with Mt Everest on it, what good is it gonna do me?
Looks to be fairly similar




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Crazyman93
07/07/20 12:30:36 AM
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onedarksoul posted...
Plus they have endless bodies

I mean endless

For every Chinese killed, five more rise to take his place
Yeah, anyone who doubts that should look at the Korean War.

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DEKMStephens
07/07/20 12:38:47 AM
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Another day, another fuck China

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teepan95
07/07/20 12:41:09 AM
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DEKMStephens posted...
Another day, another fuck China

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07/07/20 1:06:03 AM
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berlyman101
07/07/20 1:14:32 AM
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Crazyman93 posted...
Yeah, anyone who doubts that should look at the Korean War.

a global war with superpowers wouldn't be won or lost on foot soldiers.

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Crazyman93
07/07/20 4:54:30 AM
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berlyman101 posted...
a global war with superpowers wouldn't be won or lost on foot soldiers.
Every major war has come down to boots on the ground.

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Were_Wyrm
07/07/20 9:16:08 AM
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s0nicfan posted...
The map would be better if it had Tibet on it.


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berlyman101
07/07/20 11:49:55 AM
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Crazyman93 posted...
Every major war has come down to boots on the ground.

We literally ended WW2 with bombs.

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