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Hong Kong grounds all flights as protest paralyzes airport
CNN ^ | Aug 12, 2019 | Helen Regan, Ben Westcott

Posted on 08/12/2019 2:39:25 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

All flights grounded: All departing flights have been cancelled in Hong Kong, as thousands of demonstrators descend on the city's International Airport.

Alleged police brutality: A small number of protesters have been demonstrating at the airport all weekend, but today's mass gathering was sparked by allegations of unnecessary police violence on Sunday.

World transport hub: Hong Kong International Airport is one of the busiest in the world, handling 1,100 flights daily across about 200 destinations.

Several countries including the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan, and Singapore have already issued travel advisories, warning of "violent clashes" between pro-democracy protesters and police.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; communism; hongkong; protests

photo by Washington Post

1 posted on 08/12/2019 2:39:25 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

If the Chicoms come down hard and heavy on the protesters,what will the world do?


2 posted on 08/12/2019 2:50:18 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Just a normal day at the check in counter....


3 posted on 08/12/2019 3:12:08 AM PDT by BubbaJunebug
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

The wife and I have flown through Hong Kong a few times on our way to Vietnam. I can’t remember the airline but Delta comes to mind.

Taking United for our trip to SGN(and back to EVV)this year.


4 posted on 08/12/2019 4:01:12 AM PDT by airdalechief
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you post can and will be used against you by Leftist Internationalists and Globalists in the court of public persuasion and, once they gain power, in courts of law pursuant to your re-education or deportation to a gulag of their choice.


5 posted on 08/12/2019 4:46:56 AM PDT by Justa
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To: HighSierra5

Stay out of Hong Kong until things quiet down.


6 posted on 08/12/2019 4:54:15 AM PDT by VietVet876
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To: HighSierra5

Nothing.


7 posted on 08/12/2019 5:04:38 AM PDT by Oldexpat (Jobs Not Mobs)
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To: VietVet876
Seems there were videos floating around this weekend of Chi-com troops pouring in to Hong Kong. Can't find any evidence other than the two videos I watched.

Anyone have anything further?

8 posted on 08/12/2019 5:31:43 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Why are so many wearing protective mouth masks? Are they having a problem with tuberculosis?


9 posted on 08/12/2019 5:36:14 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Imagine what the bathrooms look like..... ick.


10 posted on 08/12/2019 5:47:38 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: HighSierra5

Ignore it.


11 posted on 08/12/2019 5:59:47 AM PDT by babble-on ("moderation is best in all things" - Hesiod)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I would not be surprised if we see a Tiananmen Square 2.0 soon.


12 posted on 08/12/2019 6:02:45 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

No more Flights going into Hong Kong will hurt the commerce of China. I have a bad feeling about this since Communist China does not screw around.


13 posted on 08/12/2019 6:04:40 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: HighSierra5

“If the Chicoms come down hard and heavy on the protesters,what will the world do?”

We’ll know three things about the outcome, regardless of what the UN declares:

1) The protesters will never win.
2) China will not lose, heck they didn’t even lose in Korea, and this is a cakewalk compared to that, in every respect.
3) No country has the capability to change 1 or 2 (above), short of a nuclear exchange - and even then changing 1 or 2 is unlikely.


14 posted on 08/12/2019 6:05:50 AM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
I do not think those walk ways are designed to hold that many people?  Guess we will find out?

 

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15 posted on 08/12/2019 6:23:12 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: HighSierra5

Nothing because it is on China’s mainland.

Now if China goes after Taiwan, then yeah things will get messy in a hurry.


16 posted on 08/12/2019 6:24:29 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Hong Kong getting serious. Putting hundreds of police dressed as protesters among the crowd and then taking them down - imagine our cops doing this at an ANTIFA rally?


17 posted on 08/12/2019 6:26:08 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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