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   In article <4726651a-c18f-48eb-bc1a-066cb55d6d9c@googlegroups.com>,   
   ltlee1@hotmail.com  wrote:   
   >On Sunday, September 28, 2014 9:07:32 PM UTC-4, forc...@gmail.com wrote:   
   >> On Sunday, 28 September 2014 12:25:20 UTC+8, rst9  wrote:   
   >> > There is one thing for certain.   
   >>   
   >> > When events are NOT going Beijing'd way, Beijing will pull the   
   >> > plug.   
   >>   
   >> > The CCP will NOT lose control in Hong Kong.   
   >>   
   >> Yes. Territory integrity is one of the core issue of China.   
   >>   
   >> China will suspend the Basic Laws, rule Hong Kong directly from   
   >Beijing..will treat Hong Kong just like the other provinces.   
   >>   
   >> There is nothing to stop Beijing from doing this...if the local   
   >> government cannot control the situation in Hong Kong...prove that   
   >> Hong Kong people cannot rule Hong Kong island by themselves.   
   >>   
   >> Hong Kong is in no position to challenge Beijing, to act against the   
   >interests of the motherland.   
   >>   
   >> If necessary, Beijing will let Hong Kong rot...to stop its role as an   
   >important export and export transshipment centre for Chinese products.   
   >   
   >> Beijing can and will transfer all the essential business activities   
   >from Hong Kong to Shengzhen...and let Hong Kong die...let it become a   
   >backwater island again.   
   >>   
   >You are right. And the drum beater of mobocracy know that too. Hence   
   >the goal is not really about democracy. But to spoil China's chance   
   >take back Taiwan.   
      
   In fact, I don't think the current generation of China's ruling elite   
   would go to the length of deploying the PLA.  Hong Kong is not the   
   heart of the nation - no matter how it has been perceived as a trade   
   center.   
      
   I think that economic solutions are infinitely more preferable than   
   military solutions.   
      
   In particular, as I am looking at a map showing locations of protests   
   provided by the BBC News, I wonder if the administration would suspend   
   cross-strait traffic until the "Occupy Central" protest that is lining   
   Connaught Road die down.  The point is the protests are at this point   
   confined only to the HK island.  The local administration, banks, and   
   other large businesses can set up shop elsewhere at a reduced traffic.   
   In fact, they can, with the help of China, quickly set up conference   
   centers near the airport, which is in the Peninsula, rather than on   
   the HK island itself.  So, essential business can get down, albeit at   
   a reduced volume.  There is nothing that cannot be accomplished if you   
   put your brain to the problem, when you're in control of the resource,   
   and not the protesters.  This is exactly how the US ruling elite   
   defeat Occupy Wall Street, and other "Occupy" branches.  It's true   
   that a few of Victoria Nuland's colleagues are busy bringing lunch to   
   the protesters and some spare change too.  But I think that the   
   problem can be solved with patience, resources, and a lot of thoughts,   
   without resorting to violence.   
      
   Put non-lethal resources, along with a lot of thoughts and patience,   
   to the problem.  Learn the good and the bad from what happened in   
   Ukraine.  This problem can and will be solved!   
      
   lo yeeOn   
      
   >   
   >> Would the USA send its war machines to stop China from doing this?   
   >   
   >I don't think so.   
   >   
      
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