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Kazuaki Shimazaki
I'll put in a fair word. I live in HK, and based on what's around me, one cannot say this move is unpopular. Most Hong Kongers want their life and peace back, even if it may be temporary.
Maybe we just don't have sufficient political consciousness as a society, but in any case that's us.
House Atreides
Now that the elections in Taiwan are over it's back to business as usual. Xi Jinping had refrained from cracking down on the protestors during the elections, but with the pro China party in Taiwan ousted from power there's no reason anymore to play nice. The only thing China respects is force and that is what it will use. It doesn't matter if they're Hong Kong protestors or Taiwanese.
JoeBigs
Hong Kong police arrest protesters in main camp
And the leftist controlled Western media stays quiet.
EthanWilber
It’s very disappointing: another voice and appeal of democracy has been muted by an authoritarian govt and its proxy. Comparing with Egypt and Thailand, HK’s failure is not that bad, at least, it avoided the bloodshed.
I guess that’s would be a reality the west has to face with little choice for time being.
Hopefully, The students leders anr activists in HK will regroup and swing back with more soon.
nath
Should have been these protesters that won the Nobel Peace Prize.
JoeBigs
Give it three more days and then tell me if it's still headline news. This story will disappear faster than a journalist in a Middle Eastern country.
Cheap labor makes the world go round and no Liberal wants their cheap supply of worthless slave labor produced gifts disrupted for the corporate controlled holidays.
No one wants to stop the supply of cheap labor. The White House has at times been supportive but that only lasts a day or so. Then President Obama looks away and leaves those people to their own fate. If the US had put more pressure on Communist China things may have been different.
But, the President and the Liberal media don't want to ruffle Wall Streets feathers, the supply chain must continue to flow. No matter who gets hurt. Under Bush Big Oil called the shots, under Obama Wall Street does.
The story below is four years old but it's still relevant.
http://www.businessinsider.com/political-orientation-of-companies-2010-8?op=1
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/10/23/despite-familys-conservative-leanings-wal-mart-heir-pumps-300k-into-liberal-super-pac/
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/marshall-hong-kong-screams-america-silent-article-1.1961403
nath
@JoeBigs I think conservatives want their slave labor, too, at least in the United States.
That Guy
Protesting and mere rallies never work. You at least need leverage. Sometimes leverage requires an actual crowbar....
Kazuaki Shimazaki
Actually, it is not so much the authoritarian government as our own people. Hong Kong hadn't suffered from the kind of stuff that would cause a fierce revolutionary fervor that would stand a lot of sacrifice. So when the novelty worn off, Hong Kong's people themselves preferred to have their streets back. They want to get to work on time. Our need for democracy is less than our desire to get on with our lives.
The authorities waited for this to happen, then they swept away the few that are still around. They avoided bloodshed, the thing that might actually change the balance of power against them.