Posted on 08/15/2019 12:52:11 AM PDT by cba123
Donald Trump has urged China to "humanely" resolve the violent stand-off with pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong, on the back of growing concerns that Beijing is considering direct intervention in the crisis.
Images taken by AFP on Thursday showed thousands of Chinese military personnel waving red flags and parading at a sports stadium in the city of Shenzhen, just across the border from Hong Kong.
Dozens of armoured personnel carriers and supply trucks were also parked nearby.
Chinese state-run media reported this week that the elements of the People's Armed Police (PAP), which is under the command of the Central Military Commission, were assembling in Shenzhen.
The parade comes as the US president linked a possible trade deal with Beijing to a peaceful resolution to the political unrest that has roiled the semi-autonomous Chinese city for 10 weeks.
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In other words, cut your losses and be civil.
China is foolishly fighting growth.
I think that there’d be no leverage at all if it werent for DJT and his activist trade policies. The previous whitehouse occupant would be saying “hey cut it out...” by now.
Fake news to stir trouble out of nothing.
Trump has made the decision to delay some China tariffs.
I don’t know about that. Here is later, in that same story:
“Millions of jobs are being lost in China to other non-Tariffed countries. Thousands of companies are leaving. Of course China wants to make a deal. Let them work humanely with Hong Kong first!” Trump wrote on Twitter, in the first clear indication that the trade deal could be threatened by how Beijing reacts to the protests.
“I have ZERO doubt that if President Xi wants to quickly and humanely solve the Hong Kong problem, he can do it,” Trump said in a subsequent tweet, suggesting a “personal meeting” with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
Yeah. Or “We are outraged!” “We are very concerned!” “We need to say something tough and hope that it will scare somebody!”
Hong Kong’s fate was sealed when the UK handed them over to China. I’m honestly surprised that China has waited this long to break their “50 year, hands off” deal the UK. I figured they would have found an excuse the first couple years to seize Hong Kong and send in the troops.
What makes you think there's leverage now?
Isn't that what Trump is doing here?
I would suggest that the currency manipulation the chinese are doing is a symptom of the trade tariffs that the Trump administration has been applying. They have manufacturers moving out of their economy and they’re gambling on whether or not joe biden with his 15 person attendance appearances can win the 2020 election against Donald Trump... Who has Stadium parking lots full to overflowing with 10s of thousands of people tailgating and waiting 36 hours in the heat to see him speak. Trump can take the heat off their economy and they know it. They could also try to wait it out till 2024. But there’s more leverage now than there was then.
And i’d appreciate it if you didnt troll me about it either!
FYI...DoodleDawg is probably the biggest troll on FR.
“FYI...DoodleDawg is probably the biggest troll on FR.”
yeah i saw that sounded like a rolcon attempt to me.
It’s reported that Trump government is poised to give Huawei another 90 days.
Wonder who is desperate for a deal, if the report is true?
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