A full-scale military crackdown on the Hong Kongers resisting imposition of mainland-style tyranny may be in the cards, but President Xi and his supporters must understand that they will pay a monumental price for any bloodbath.
From Xi's perspective, this is terrible timing, all the more painful because it was a change in Hong Kong's extradition law pushed by Beijing that set off the protests.
The regime has ended the three days of protests at Hong Kong International Airport by shutting down the facility, one of the biggest nodes in the world's international air travel network.
If China brutally cracks down in Hong Kong as it did in Tiananmen 30 years ago, public pressure in Europe, Japan, South Korea, and Canada will make it difficult for their governments to side openly with China.
For almost two decades, China has enjoyed all the fruits of membership in the World Trade Organization without being held to account for its behavior that violates the agreement.
The other party watching Hong Kong is even more important: the Chinese public.
There is a mixture of envy of Hong Kong's prosperity and freedom and outright jealousy.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/08/china_moving_mainland_military_units_into_hong_kong_as_airport_totally_closed_down.html
From Xi's perspective, this is terrible timing, all the more painful because it was a change in Hong Kong's extradition law pushed by Beijing that set off the protests.
The regime has ended the three days of protests at Hong Kong International Airport by shutting down the facility, one of the biggest nodes in the world's international air travel network.
If China brutally cracks down in Hong Kong as it did in Tiananmen 30 years ago, public pressure in Europe, Japan, South Korea, and Canada will make it difficult for their governments to side openly with China.
For almost two decades, China has enjoyed all the fruits of membership in the World Trade Organization without being held to account for its behavior that violates the agreement.
The other party watching Hong Kong is even more important: the Chinese public.
There is a mixture of envy of Hong Kong's prosperity and freedom and outright jealousy.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/08/china_moving_mainland_military_units_into_hong_kong_as_airport_totally_closed_down.html
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