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> I'm not so sure: they wouldn't want to be seen internationally as the 800-Lb gorilla. China didn't have any issue with being the gorilla in cases like Tibet.
by wtdata 7y ago
> I'm not so sure: they wouldn't want to be seen internationally as the 800-Lb gorilla.
China didn't have any issue with being the gorilla in cases like Tibet. So, no real reason why HK would be any different.
- save_ferris 7y agoSure there are. Tibet isn’t a global financial and commercial hub with a history deeply rooted in the west. China hasn’t forgotten the brutal economic sanctions and political isolation it faced in the wake of Tiananmen Square back in ‘89. A similar event in HK would certainly result in sanctions, which a struggling Chinese economy can’t handle. The contrast between political fallout from an HK crackdown vs Tibet is vast, they aren’t very comparable situations.