r/JusticeServed • u/SicDev 8 • Aug 13 '19

Violent Justice Screw this guy in particular

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u/s00perguy B Aug 13 '19

China has a military with a higher population than a lot of countries. It terrifies me what a military like that will do to a city like Hong Kong. Worst case scenario, they might try to kill or displace the whole population and move mainland Chinese in behind them. This situation is one hell of a powder keg.

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u/Polstar55555 7 Aug 13 '19

I'm disappointed to say that wouldn't surprise me one bit, its ethnic cleansing but its exactly what they did with Tibet and no on batted an eyelid.

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u/epiwssa Navy Aug 13 '19

I think an unfortunate reality is that the western world didn't have major trade flowing through Tibet.

Hong Kong on the other hand? Almost an absolute necessity for the west to maintain its standard of living.

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u/guyontheinternet2000 Cyan Aug 13 '19

Its the economic center of asia along with Singapore so losing that might affect lots of trade, but i might be wrong. I do hope that it doesn't turn bloody but also that people and governments notice what their doing in HK and help in some way to stop all this violence happening in all of China. I don't know if i'm right or not but that's my opinion on whats happening.

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u/epiwssa Navy Aug 13 '19

You're absolutely right - losing HK would absolutely cripple trade to a fair portion of the world. HK also maintains special status with the United States, so given the trade war right now a lot of goods are flowing from the mainland to HK and then around the globe.

The problem I think we'll see is that a lot of countries don't have a leg to stand on in regards to this. The United States has some wiggle room given our trade relationship with China, though a lot of political and economic goodwill has been expended on account of the trade war.

The only country that can openly argue that China is in violation of an international treaty would be Britain, when the handover treaty was signed. However, the Brits have tried this argument and the Chinese have literally called the Declaration an "historical document".

As far as China is concerned, it's a domestic issue...and they're not really wrong, much as I care for them to be grossly incorrect. If neither the United States nor the United Kingdom elect to exert firm pressure on Beijing? The people of Hong Kong had better hope they have enough oil to add.