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"BEIJING — The Chinese government seemed confident that its allies would
prevail in the Hong Kong elections on Sunday.
For a week, commentators wrote brassy pieces saying the Hong Kong public
would go to the polls to “end social chaos and violence,” a vote against
what they saw as rogues and radicals. Editors at state-run news outlets
prepared stories that predicted withering losses for the protest movement.
When it became clear early Monday that democracy advocates in the
semiautonomous territory had won in a landslide, Beijing turned silent.
The news media, for the most part, did not even report the election
results. And Chinese officials directed their ire at a familiar foe: the
United States."
Via Lee David Rothstein and Isaac Kuo. Lee wrote:
"Autocrats and autocrat-wannabes (like Trump and McConnell) always think
they are the popular choice until the inevitable. However, the
“inevitable” always involves massive pain to the citizenship/electorate."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
