plot twist: why is that cop holding a hair brushIt's a flame thrower st00pid.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281959-1997%29.svg)
Should've stayed with Britain if they wanted democracy..
Sorry Britain signed away Hong Kong to China during British PM Thatcher's visit during 1982 (Although I can't quite fault her, as it was a 100 year agreement between Britain and China). HK itself has had NO say in it's own self determination.To my understanding Britain arrived at Hong Kong without permission and just starting building trading ports during the height of the British Empire, Britain controlled Hong Kong for 55 years before signing a contract with China who obviously didn't want Britain there in the first place, Britain controlled Hong Kong for a full 155 years before handing it back to China as the contract required, I bet if it was up to the people of Hong Kong they would have chosen to remain as a British overseas territory with their own democratic self governing, much like the Falklands and many other British overseas territories.
To my understanding Britain arrived at Hong Kong without permission and just starting building trading ports during the height of the British Empire, Britain controlled Hong Kong for 55 years before signing a contract with China who obviously didn't want Britain there in the first place, Britain controlled Hong Kong for a full 155 years before handing it back to China as the contract required, I bet if it was up to the people of Hong Kong they would have chosen to remain as a British overseas territory with their own democratic self governing, much like the Falklands and many other British overseas territories.
There will be another Tiananmen Square soon, just wait.All I can say is NO. As a Hong Konger, I am really shameful indeed just because of "Occupying Central". It is illegal, but indeed I support "universal suffrage" but their actions are not really satisfactory. Look at those videos on BBC news or CNN, police were being insulted and they are doing their job while people shout at them and say bs. Occupying Central, in addition caused a massive traffic disturbance in Northern Hong Kong Island, causing the Educational Department to suspend schools in Wan Chai and Central Western District. Now what's the point of using some illegal methods to protest for what you/they want? It's a matter of fact that they ruined our name of a peaceful city, and make this into a great chaos.
I applaud their intentions, but it will get ugly real fast.. hope they're up to the challenge and keep pushing forward.
China was basically bullied into going into the Opium Wars and as a result gave HK over to Britain and Macau to Portugal. Those "contracts" were only government agreements, they weren't people decided referendums like the Falklands and much recently Scotland. And I can clearly understand why normal HK people want to go back to British Rule but they have had no say in it in the first place nor do they have any say at the moment.Yes, but the British Empire was in Hong Kong for 55 years before the contract even existed and Hong Kong had nowhere near the population is does now, it was the British that set the foundries that modern Hong Kong is built on, you can hardly say that Britain owning Hong Kong wasn't democratic, there wasn't any point in there being a democratic referendum considering Hong Kong's population was tiny and probably didn't really care wether Britain ran their country of not, if you look at Hong Kong today, Britain's trade really paid off for them.
Anyway, does China really want to go against this many people?:Scale doesn't really matter in the eye of China? Well... Think again, China has a population of 1.3 billion ;)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-29421914
"Hong Kong protest: Drone captures scale of protest"
Scale doesn't really matter in the eye of China? Well... Think again, China has a population of 1.3 billion ;)1.3billion which are being fed lies by government media. :rolleyes:
I won't sacrifice myself in the future of HK democracyThere will never be any Hong Kong democracy, the Chinese Govt obviously fears a spread of democracy movements across mainland China if they give Hong Kong's people what they want, the only way Hong Kong will get democracy is if it becomes fully independent from China which China would never allow either.
So actually I am one of the students in those suspended schools and I am suffering from the heavy traffic jam everyday morning on Bonham Road. (<- Only road that can pass Admiralty few days before)That's literally me, my school is in Bonham Road btw :D
I need to wake up everyday half hour earlier, and that's what I feel, annoying. But I wont really get angered to those troubles cause by the movement. I admit that I am not as brave as the protester who take their time, and their life in fighting the future, I won't sacrifice myself in the future of HK democracy, I will stay at home, support them from my true heart.
I can see both the police and protester are both losing their patience, the main problem was created by the bs government. Both police and protester do not have any fault.
Words from my heart as a Hongkonger.