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2019-08-14 China-Japan-Koreas

What Hong Kong unrest tells us about China's plans for the rest of the world

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-08-14 08:15|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 After all, they note, the USSR’s demise didn’t stop the People’s Army from rolling tanks into Tiananmen Square.

The Tienanmen massacre was one of the triggers of the collapse of the Soviet empire 1989-1991 not vice versa.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2019-08-14 10:31|| 2019-08-14 10:31|| Front Page Top

#2 What does Hong Kong unrest tell us about China's plans for the rest of the world that we didn't already know? My only surprise is the "one country, two systems" thing lasted as long as it did.

Posted by SteveS 2019-08-14 19:10|| 2019-08-14 19:10|| Front Page Top

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