tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post8752993391592965909..comments2024-03-28T23:33:45.139-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : PRC and HK Thugs; or Cops are Cops, No Matter WhereComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-28604057407589189772019-07-26T18:59:19.557-04:002019-07-26T18:59:19.557-04:00There's a tradition in Asia of using criminal ...There's a tradition in Asia of using criminal gangs to enforce governmental order. <br />On the direction of Chiang Kai-Shek, the Green Gang, led by Du Yusheng, massacred several thousand members of the Communist Party in Shanghai in 1927 and ran the remainder out of the city. Du became a general in Chiang's National Revolutionary Army later. <br />In postwar Japan, the Japanese government and American occupation authorities colluded with the Yakuza to keep any Communist or even leftist political organization from forming. Brian Trainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14679901195609623306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-4998739715533958292019-07-24T08:03:43.548-04:002019-07-24T08:03:43.548-04:00PRC's threat to Hong Kong.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/world/asia/china-military-hong-kong-taiwan-protests.html" rel="nofollow">PRC's threat to Hong Kong</a>.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-13720158953041896152019-07-24T07:46:16.457-04:002019-07-24T07:46:16.457-04:00CP88, and we all know how the PLA "maintains ...CP88, and we all know how the PLA "maintains order"-- with tanks and automatic weapons fire.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-83205188827630071042019-07-24T07:28:08.609-04:002019-07-24T07:28:08.609-04:00China has reminded everyone that Chinese troops ca...China has reminded everyone that Chinese troops can be asked to maintain order under the Garrison Law...a very barely veiled threat.CenterPuke88https://www.blogger.com/profile/17770056621255249861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-55822739035999221562019-07-24T05:11:54.057-04:002019-07-24T05:11:54.057-04:00Basically, totalitarian overlords are cops and cop...Basically, totalitarian overlords are cops and cops are control freaks. You-Cannot-Allow-Loss-Of-Control. Or even the appearance of same.Stewart Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830186006689502072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-60344546492986929222019-07-23T10:23:35.135-04:002019-07-23T10:23:35.135-04:00Yea, the Chinese can’t get out of their own way wh...Yea, the Chinese can’t get out of their own way when it comes to Taiwan. A careful takeover of Hong Kong, done thoughtfully (and in a manner designed to allow HK to maintain its economic engine status) would have been an easy positive for China and possibly paved the way for a union (of sorts) with Taiwan. Instead, the greed of the Chinese leadership is making the only path to union with Taiwan the path of war. It’s still unlikely that Taiwan would agree to anything, but some careful groundwork in HK would have set the possibility of boiling the frog into motion, but now the frogs in the area are perking up their watch again.CenterPuke88https://www.blogger.com/profile/17770056621255249861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-52085957934038197932019-07-23T09:09:40.981-04:002019-07-23T09:09:40.981-04:00They had a million or so at one demonstration.They had a million or so at one demonstration.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-78637413290765058172019-07-23T08:18:54.539-04:002019-07-23T08:18:54.539-04:00If, after all that is broadcast around, the number...If, after all that is broadcast around, the numbers of pro-democracy protesters doesn't quintuple or more, then I guess it's all been decided.Nangleatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908938252272172718noreply@blogger.com