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'Protesters paralyse Hong Kong with citywide strike
2019-08-05
[Aljazeera] Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong have launched a rare citywide strike, crippling parts of the city, as the semi-autonomous territory's Chief Executive Carrie Lam warned on Monday of the "dangerous path" the demonstrations are heading.

At least eight railway lines, including the airport express, were shut fully or partly. Several protesters were seen blocking entrances to the commuter trains, occasionally leading to fighting with other passengers rushing to their destinations.

An estimated 200 flights were also cancelled on Monday, and only one of two runways in the city's main airport is operating. Media reports blamed it on aviation workers joining the strike.

A number of protesters also tried to block vehicular traffic, causing brief congestion before authorities came to clear the streets of the steet and plastic barriers.

Related: American Thinker - Hong Kong teeters on the edge of a mass slaughter
Posted by:Besoeker

#4  Has anyone heard if 'Provincial Troops' have been called in?

That's what Deng Xiaoping did during Tienanmen and used them for the beat-down.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2019-08-05 15:21  

#3  It wouldn't have ever come to a head if the commies hadn't bothered to force the issue in the first place. But then again, they wouldn't have been commies in the first place if they thought like that.
Posted by: Vernal Hatrick   2019-08-05 11:57  

#2  I don't see a way for this to end well. The ChiComs can't allow any challenge to their rule, lest others get the same idea and suddenly you have one of those preference cascades that all repressive governments dread. Hong Kong, having had a big taste of western freedoms, is very reluctant to knuckle under to any mainland crackdown. Prediction: tanks and mass killing - unless the authorities can get some deniable 3rd party violence to shutdown the protests.

I'm a bit surprised this took so long to come to a boil. That One Country, Two Systems business was just kicking the can down the road.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-08-05 10:43  

#1  Apparently, it's starting to get ugly.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2019-08-05 10:35  

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