{"id":48153,"date":"2019-08-31T15:22:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T20:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=48153"},"modified":"2019-08-31T15:22:50","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T20:22:50","slug":"hong-king-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=48153","title":{"rendered":"Hong King Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hong King Kong<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Of course the notion of addressing Hong Kong has been in my mind for a while, but it\u2019s a bit of a moving target: things change all the time, and seemingly on the fly. However, with today\u2019s fresh developments, it seems silly to wait any longer. Hong Kong Civic party lawmaker Dennis Kwok<\/strong><\/a> yesterday expressed the reason way better than I could:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I said time and again, the use of troops in Hong Kong will be the end of Hong Kong<\/strong>, and I would warn against any such move on the part of the central people\u2019s government.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

He said that before today\u2019s arrests -and subsequent release on bail- of a handful of alleged protest leaders Joshua Wong, Andy Chan, and Agnes Chow. Who, if you read between the lines, didn\u2019t lead much of anything; they may be figure-heads, but that\u2019s not the same thing. The protests are either lacking leaders or everyone\u2019s a leader, depending on who you ask. So why arrest them to begin with? You tell me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I did find enlightening was Reuters\u2019 report yesterday on Beijing having rejected Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam\u2019s (how is CEO a political function?) proposal to communicate with the protesters and perhaps allow some concessions to their demands. I know it\u2019s only one source, but it appears quite feasible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carrie Lam is between a rock and a hard place, and she admits it -at least according to the Reuters piece-, though not to the protesters. Beijing is in exactly such a spot, but won\u2019t admit it, ever. And that right there is Hong Kong\u2019s main issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China Rejected Hong Kong Plan To Appease Protesters <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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