So what do we reckon is going to happen in Hong Kong?

[Burney]

ugh - just looked that up

If you ever need someone to make you glad you grew up in the West, I find a brief glance at the Chinese and their somewhat casual attitude to basic fúcking humanity will generally do it.

[IUFG]

If you ever need someone to make you glad you grew up in the West, I find a brief glance at the Chinese and their somewhat casual attitude to basic fúcking humanity will generally do it.

well, agreed, but I can't manufacture a knock-off ipad for under a tenner.

so, swings and roundabouts...

[eastgermanautos]

If you ever need someone to make you glad you grew up in the West, I find a brief glance at the Chinese and their somewhat casual attitude to basic fúcking humanity will generally do it.

The thing is though, man. There's a lot of fvcking Chinese. Anything you do, it's multiplied by 100. 10k is really like 100 deaths to us. 100 deaths is still a lot but just sayin'

[IUFG]

I could be wrong, but I don't think the Chinks will actually go full Tiananmen - they're a bit more publicity conscious than they used to be - also, HK is worth too much money to them to simply turn it into a slaughterhouse.

However, I think they want the protesters to think they will.

should we, ahem, give a fúck?

[Luis Anaconda]

I could be wrong, but I don't think the Chinks will actually go full Tiananmen - they're a bit more publicity conscious than they used to be - also, HK is worth too much money to them to simply turn it into a slaughterhouse.

However, I think they want the protesters to think they will.

Definitely no Tiananmen for the reasons you say but the Chinese are, well, inscrutable so very hard to say what they will do. I can't imagine they'll allow the airport to be out of action for long

[Burney]

Definitely no Tiananmen for the reasons you say but the Chinese are, well, inscrutable so very hard to say what they will do. I can't imagine they'll allow the airport to be out of action for long

No. It seems likely to get nasty in some way fairly soon.

[Tony C]

That video from the train station (bottom of the below article)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-49330848

Point blank shots with rubber bullets!

Yeah that’s going to sting bro...

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Shame...I have a work trip there next month but looks like I will have to cancel it. Was finally going to pick up a Rolex...a bit cheesy but I was going for the Mickey Mouse Datejust.

Doubt this is ending anytime soon...China pretty much stuck and those kids will just keep on protesting.

[7sisters]

I could be wrong, but I don't think the Chinks will actually go full Tiananmen - they're a bit more publicity conscious than they used to be - also, HK is worth too much money to them to simply turn it into a slaughterhouse.

However, I think they want the protesters to think they will.

Some FBPE tosspot reckoned we should give them all UK passports, earlier on Twitter.
That’d be around 7 million of them, in the event of a full evacuation.
Gerard Street might get a bit over crowded.

[Burney]

Some FBPE tosspot reckoned we should give them all UK passports, earlier on Twitter.
That’d be around 7 million of them, in the event of a full evacuation.
Gerard Street might get a bit over crowded.

I'd rather give them passports than most of the people we've already given passports.

[Luis Anaconda]

I'd rather give them passports than most of the people we've already given passports.

Not sure what the agreement was but surely anyone born pre-97 must at least have some priority in any case