"It took 201 of the first 241 seats declared, according to the South China Morning Post newspaper. Pro-Beijing candidates took just 28. More than 2.9m people voted, a turnout of more than 71%, against 47% in 2015."
BBC reports.
November 24, 2019
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Sounds like a good reason to end the demonstrations.
Of course now China will pretend they're all on the up and up.
They plan to punish Hong Kongers vigorously.
And Hong Kongers should not surrender because they will otherwise have nothing to lose.
Because China will take it all from them.
Won't make a hill of beans difference as far as China is concerned.
Tom Friedman, the NYT, the entire Left and LLR-left hardest hit.
This is bigger than one thinks. Beijing is scared of this stuff............
Think $$
I think China is concerned. Hong Kong has been the financial window for China since 1949. This is more than Tiananmin Square,.
The Hong Kongers are right in the heart of the current global... not sure what to call it.
Yellow Vests in France.
Brexit in England.
Iranians protesting and being shot.
Americans electing Trump.
Maybe it is discontent with "Top Men" who are not capable.
Since China has cheated on the terms of the agreement, the UK should take Hong Kong back.
Birkel said...
The Hong Kongers are right in the heart of the current global... not sure what to call it.
Yellow Vests in France.
Brexit in England.
Iranians protesting and being shot.
Americans electing Trump.
Dutch farmers and truckers gridlocking the entire country over emissions laws.
You know somethings going on when the Dutch get riled up!
201 relatively powerless local office holders versus one Chinese Communist Party. That Partyis composed of nepotistic totalitarian kleptocrats whose predilection for mass murder to prevent "instability" has been demonstrated repeatedly since Mao started the Long March.
My advice to freedom loving Hong Kong residents is to flee if you can.
If not, take a few Chicoms with you when they come to kill you.
France, Holland, England, more that half of South America, most of Central America, plus more nations, are in terrible turmoil.
These are the goals of Democrat Candidates for President.
People throw around Venezuela, as the model of failed socialism. But look at France and Holland. Uprising of working class citizens that just want to work and raise their family in peace. Democratic socialist fail at that simple goal. Leaving people alone to work and raise their families.
N.of101, thanks for that link on the Netherlands. That was very interesting.
I'm happy tonight for Hong Kong. It's something when people wake up enough to vote right.
The vote is really not surprising as these people have been living in a free and prosperous territory all these years. Why would they want to relinquish that? And China claims HK's freedoms would be protected for fifty years. Hasn't even lasted five.
FullMoon said...
Sounds like a good reason to end the demonstrations.
Sez the Communist Chinese agents provocateurs doing the bad stuff you decry at the protests.
Just say, "Down With the Gong Fei!" and we'll know you're all right. Unless of course you're just stepping on the icons.
We're in Madrid right now, and yesterday a Fascist was making a speech in front of the Opera House because they won some seats in Parliament. I haven't checked to see if the current Spanish Fascists have the same platform as the old Spanish Fascists (and the guy leading our walking tour was an ardent socialist and merely told me that the platform they were elected on was "Nazi"), but it seems like part of the trend - our guide did acknowledge that part of their platform was anti-immigrantion and that unemployment is probably a big reason why they were successful.
It doesn't matter.
They lost already.
Stay strong Hong Kong!
So truly facing an existential threat almost doubled voter turnout. Is that the reason Democrats are always claiming this or that Trump policy will literally kill us? And yet 30% of Hong Kongers still shirked voting, about the same number as voted for their Masters on the Mainland. How fascinating!
Yeah, The Crack Emcee, and those Jews in Warsaw should have gone quietly into that good night.
It "didn't matter" either.
Or the Hungarians in 1956.
Or the Czechs in 1968.
Birkel said...
"Yeah, The Crack Emcee, and those Jews in Warsaw should have gone quietly into that good night.
It "didn't matter" either.
Or the Hungarians in 1956.
Or the Czechs in 1968."
Were they located in China, too?
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
Stacey Abrams demands a recount!
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