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‘Total submission’: With mass arrests, China neutralizes Hong Kong democracy movement
Washington Post ^ | Jan. 6, 2021 at 12:58 a.m. PST | Shibani Mahtani and Theodora Yu

Posted on 01/06/2021 5:39:08 AM PST by BenLurkin

By late morning on Wednesday, at least 53 Hong Kong residents — former lawmakers, activists and an American lawyer among them — had been detained under Beijing’s new national security law, and their offices and homes raided. Accused of subversion, they face up to life in prison for holding a primary vote last year ahead of legislative elections that were ultimately postponed and which many of them were barred from contesting.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: china; hongkong
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1 posted on 01/06/2021 5:39:08 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

I wonder if we will get a video of a trump supporter in DC standing in front of a tank this week.


2 posted on 01/06/2021 5:41:48 AM PST by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: BenLurkin

Coming to an American city near you.


3 posted on 01/06/2021 5:41:54 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: Psalm 73; BenLurkin
Psalm 73Psalm 73 :" Coming to an American city near you."

Consider it a training incident.
Can we expect anything less ?

4 posted on 01/06/2021 5:48:58 AM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: BenLurkin

Our future.


5 posted on 01/06/2021 5:53:03 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.....)
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To: BenLurkin

That’s too bad. Hong Kong needs democracy so they can have honest elections like we do ...


6 posted on 01/06/2021 5:55:37 AM PST by cdcdawg (Turn off Fox!! You can do it! )
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt
"Can we expect anything less ?"

Americans will go down swingin' - at least 1/2 of us.

(Ignore the tough guy sarcasm from the Freeper trolls)

7 posted on 01/06/2021 5:57:37 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: Psalm 73
Americans will go down swingin' - at least 1/2 of us.

It's not our fault that the GOP state legislatures allowed unconstitutional vote fraud. It is our fault that we elect RINOs like Romney et al that do not support us.

8 posted on 01/06/2021 5:58:55 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: cdcdawg

That’s too bad. Hong Kong needs democracy so they can have honest elections like we do ...

You funny guy.


9 posted on 01/06/2021 5:59:43 AM PST by Flick Lives (#resist)
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To: BenLurkin

Well done Bill Gates, Fuckerberg, Stoned @Jack, effing NBA, Apple, Google, Biden, Obama, etc!

The USA is next.


10 posted on 01/06/2021 6:04:28 AM PST by Chgogal (#StopBiden'sBananaRepublic. )
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To: BenLurkin

This is exactly the same thing that happened in Belaurs a few months ago. A lot of those Belarussian activists are now in Russian prison camps in Siberia, political prisoners of Putin.


11 posted on 01/06/2021 6:15:22 AM PST by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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To: cuban leaf

Coming to a locality close to you soon! Americans, it’s time to face the facts that yes, this election was stolen and unless Pence acts today, or the 3 states that have asked that their electors be annulled due to the fraudulent activities, this is a real possibility, if not now, then soon.


12 posted on 01/06/2021 6:20:39 AM PST by Shery (Pray for righteousness to be restored and for the peace of Jerusalem.)
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To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv

As soon as Trump was removed, Freedom left the world’s stage when the Biden-Harris dictatorship stepped on.


13 posted on 01/06/2021 6:21:57 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE ( I can only donate monthly, but the radical ABCNNBCBS does it every hour on their news.)
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To: Psalm 73
Headline from WP later this year: ‘Total submission’: With mass arrests, China Harris administration neutralizes Hong Kong democracy Republican movement
14 posted on 01/06/2021 6:31:29 AM PST by DrDavid (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: BenLurkin

Taiwan next in about 2 weeks.


15 posted on 01/06/2021 6:38:04 AM PST by kvanbrunt2 (spooks won on day 76)
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To: Chgogal
room We failed with the Jews. we cannot fail with Trump.
16 posted on 01/06/2021 6:40:18 AM PST by kvanbrunt2 (spooks won on day 76)
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To: Psalm 73

In order for the Chicoms to get control of the American World Reserve Currency from the USA Dollar is to inflate the Dollar so its foreign value is depleted. That appears to be around the corner with Beijing Biden. For the Chinese to build their poor economy they must replace the American Dollar as the World’s Reserve Currency and it has the potential of happening on a grand scale. Just review the radical socialists the American voter just gave their votes to. The practical result will be a Third World Economy for the USA because we cannot print more money just because the Congress wants to, China will be doing that shortly....


17 posted on 01/06/2021 6:41:56 AM PST by chopperk (Warnocdrk doesn't have a chance if Stacy sits on him.)
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To: BenLurkin

Guns: They haven’t any.

Remember, your gun is the last defense and first offense against totalitarianism.


18 posted on 01/06/2021 6:47:33 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (400,000,000 Guns. 8,000,000,000 Rounds of Ammo per YEAR. I like our odds.)
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To: BenLurkin

Biden is the greatest Christmas Gift to China’s CCP, PLA and “President” Xi in history. In one fell swoop, he gets unlimited access to American IP and industry, Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as unfettered access to Google’s weaponized AI research for military and population control.

Saying that Biden is Xi’s puppet doesn’t begin to cover it!

Mark


19 posted on 01/06/2021 7:02:44 AM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: Uncle Miltie
And guns will the the first thing they come after...

It will begin using the ATF to declare that semi-automatic weapons will be classified as Class-III weapons, as will feeding devices capable of holding more than an arbitrary number of rounds. A $200 tax will be applied to each weapon and feeding device, along with the associated federal background check, which most people will never be able to pass. It will "force" people to give up their guns. Anyone who doesn't comply will be labelled a felon, which I've been thinking that's the reason the dems have wanted to open up LOTS of space in prisons and jails, by releasing criminals.

My only question is that when the government decides that you're a felon, is it going to be time to begin acting like a felon?

Remember what Any Rand predicted in "Atlas Shrugged:"

“Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.”

Mark

20 posted on 01/06/2021 8:03:21 AM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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