They have to sustain the pretense that they're honouring the British-Sino Agreement, so they can't just roll in with tanks.
The USA affords Hong Kong special trade status. Were the CCP to assert dominance, this would end the free trade arrangement the US has with Hong Kong, and drag it straight into the Trade War.
oh fucking yeah
remember 'Tiananmen Square chinks
China has this tradition of falling apart every few decades. It's about time for another implosion.
Finally, an intelligent adult response. Thank you
Britain gave up 100% control to mainland China, so wtf are you babbling about?
VIOLENCE WORKS FAGS
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Yes. Because industrial accidents are unavoidable in China. The elites just assume that on occasion, they'll suffer a few million dollars of damages and lose 500 people due to a gas leak.
Just like the American elites are less concerned about a hurricane destroying a coastal city than they are with an armed rebellion. They call these things acts of God.
You are very wrong and somewhat naïve. Umbrellas and Molotovs can cause immense damage to a regime if used by millions of people. Besides, your belief that people cannot get access to guns if pressed is baseless. Asia is awash with weapons. And America would be more than willing to provide even more. If you believe that the CCP are idealists then you don't know anything about China. The Chinese elites are more cynical and Machiavellian than any Western leader today. Even Putin. They don't give one shit about anything other than money and power. And they know their country far better than you do.
They opted the less destructive rout. And they were wise to do so. China has a hell of a lot more problems than HongKong.
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It's going to be necessary for us to keep tabs on the situation in Hong Kong so we have an idea of what makes a revolt win or lose in 2019. Still, I don't believe the PRC has admitted defeat, it's a tactical retreat. They've learned from the west that violence is almost always not ideal, and that subtle and persistent attempts at social engineering always bear more fruit.
Ok, so, industrial accidents are fine, ghost cities are fine, camping ever muslim they have is fine, destroying every church they can is fine, social credit score is fine, making Winnie the Pooh and bana videos illegal is fine, cleansing the Internet of anything they want on a regular basis is fine, constantly trying to annex Taiwan into a vassal state is fine, stealing tech is fine, manipulating currency is fine, parking warships unannounced in AU is fine…
…but stopping one protest bad. Got it, you're fucking retarded.