- 01 Jul 2020 19:11
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Hong Kong will be free either as part of China or not as part of China eventually. It just depends what China will do in the future. If it democratisez then the issue is resolved but if it doesn't then i am afraid that China will just suffer the same fate that undemocratic illiberal wannabees suffer: The countries growth stagnates at a certain point(10-15k usd per capita or more), after that comes the rampant corruption and then some kind of massive change is required that can manifest in different forms.
I do not think that any nation is hopeless to change; however, I think that some nations do require a lot more effort than others to become changed. - Verv
Patrickov wrote:One problem: Mainlanders who actually view nation above respecting others' (and their own) rights still number far too many. In some sense Hongkongers are replaceable.
In a mathematical sense, China has enough minions to enter every Hong Kong household and round all of us up (obedient or not), then allocating other more well-off Mainlanders to come.
Of course the above is an exaggeration, but I believe China has a population replacement scheme in mind. The real test would be whether those "new" people would become rejecting their masters in due time (based on allegations that many protesters were born or immigrants after 1997)
Hong Kong will be free either as part of China or not as part of China eventually. It just depends what China will do in the future. If it democratisez then the issue is resolved but if it doesn't then i am afraid that China will just suffer the same fate that undemocratic illiberal wannabees suffer: The countries growth stagnates at a certain point(10-15k usd per capita or more), after that comes the rampant corruption and then some kind of massive change is required that can manifest in different forms.
I do not think that any nation is hopeless to change; however, I think that some nations do require a lot more effort than others to become changed. - Verv