(August 13, 2019 at 2:26 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(August 13, 2019 at 2:02 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: No, the protests are about a change in the extraditions laws, not trade.
Boru
DUH!
Still connected though. Government of all countries make laws. China doesn't want Hong Kong to affect anything, because if they do, it can be a domino.
The global market, both friend and foe alike are used like poker chips used to influence others.
You opened this thread by saying that you 'stand with the protestors'. Good on you. So do I.
But there really is no connection between the current protests and trade. If the government of Hong Kong hadn't proposed the change in extradition laws, there would BE no protests, no matter how much you'd like to image otherwise.
'Stand with the protestors' in this case can only mean you support their opposition to extradition to China proper. Any connection with billionaires and the current trade spat between the US and China is taking place only in your hair-trigger imagination.
Boru
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