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Dont Touch ME
Apr 1, 2018

Which one are you, comrade?

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ninjoatse.cx
Apr 9, 2005

Fun Shoe
I also measure political beliefs on a 2d axis.

4chan

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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Well, Hong Kong is almost certainly going to lose its special trade status now.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-pompeo-declares-that-hong-kong-is-no-longer-autonomous-from-mainland/

It's like the CCP read the fable about the goose that lays golden eggs and decided that the real moral is that the farmer didn't kill the goose hard enough

Shumagorath
Jun 6, 2001
I don't see how that hurts anyone but HK citizens and maybe a few non-Chinese banks?

The junk collector
Aug 10, 2005
Hey do you want that motherboard?

Fojar38 posted:

Well, Hong Kong is almost certainly going to lose its special trade status now.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-pompeo-declares-that-hong-kong-is-no-longer-autonomous-from-mainland/

It's like the CCP read the fable about the goose that lays golden eggs and decided that the real moral is that the farmer didn't kill the goose hard enough

Well there goes about $66billion dollars in trade.


Shumagorath posted:

I don't see how that hurts anyone but HK citizens and maybe a few non-Chinese banks?

I mean one of the reasons so much trade goes to China via HK is that HK has a fairly functioning legal system and government independent of the CCP. Losing that independence way ups the risk of dealing with China as a western company, so it's not a matter of helping or hurting HK citizens but rather assessing the safety of dealing with China for outsiders. This will almost certainly hurt the HK citizenry.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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Shumagorath posted:

I don't see how that hurts anyone but HK citizens and maybe a few non-Chinese banks?

HK was a really really really useful source of income for the PRC

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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Also, looks like Meng's double criminality defense failed so expect more hurt feelings

Fearless
Sep 3, 2003

DRINK MORE MOXIE


Fojar38 posted:

Also, looks like Meng's double criminality defense failed so expect more hurt feelings

God help the Canadians in captivity in the PRC right now.

Shumagorath
Jun 6, 2001
Fraud with a capital F.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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Now we get around 6 months or so of crocodile tears about how her Charter Rights were allegedly violated because that's their next defense

Shumagorath
Jun 6, 2001

Fojar38 posted:

Now we get around 6 months or so of crocodile tears about how her Charter Rights were allegedly violated because that's their next defense
As much as my heart bleeds for the fraudster who is out on bail in two very un-seized mansions, the CBSA passing her PIN codes to the RCMP is just the sort of thing that could sink the case in our Worst Timeline.

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!

UltraRed posted:

I also measure political beliefs on a 2d axis.

4chan

tfw u realize tankies are so hosed up because they've read way more reddit and twitter than they have smith and marx

Bronze Fonz
Feb 14, 2019




The news cycle has been so uneventful for the past few months, this should make things interesting.


LMAO

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
---------------------------->

Shumagorath posted:

As much as my heart bleeds for the fraudster who is out on bail in two very un-seized mansions, the CBSA passing her PIN codes to the RCMP is just the sort of thing that could sink the case in our Worst Timeline.

If it was that strong you'd think that they would have led with it. It's a pretty hard sell considering the cops had a warrant and forensic evidence has already been done on her devices that show they weren't searched.

Fojar38 fucked around with this message at 19:31 on May 27, 2020

Noblesse Obliged
Apr 7, 2012

China: Hong Kong is China!

USA: we will now treat Hong Kong like China

China: not like that!

Shumagorath
Jun 6, 2001

Fojar38 posted:

If it was that strong you'd think that they would have led with it. It's a pretty hard sell considering the cops had a warrant and forensic evidence has already been done on her devices that show they weren't searched.
When you have infinite money for lawyers I can see why they would want to stretch each phase out as long as possible - double criminality went on for months already even though it was likely a slam dunk for the Crown. Hopefully Meng enjoys all the extra time not spent in federal pen.

Bronze Fonz posted:

The news cycle has been so uneventful for the past few months, this should make things interesting.


LMAO
I guess it's a good thing our PPE manufacturing is coming online in southern Ontario? I doubt we'll be seeing much more of it from PRC factories now.

Dont Touch ME
Apr 1, 2018

UltraRed posted:

I also measure political beliefs on a 2d axis.

4chan

Mmmmmm... Marking you down as a Neo-Confucianist.


Fojar38 posted:

Well, Hong Kong is almost certainly going to lose its special trade status now.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-pompeo-declares-that-hong-kong-is-no-longer-autonomous-from-mainland/

It's like the CCP read the fable about the goose that lays golden eggs and decided that the real moral is that the farmer didn't kill the goose hard enough

I wish I could say I was surprised. What's really sad is this won't actually stop anything, but it will make things worse for Hong Kongers.

Rime
Nov 2, 2011

by Games Forum
Holy poo poo, I guess there's hope for Canada after all.

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost

Rime posted:

Holy poo poo, I guess there's hope for Canada after all.

less two of them, unfortunately

Cheesemaster200
Feb 11, 2004

Guard of the Citadel

Rime posted:

Holy poo poo, I guess there's hope for Canada after all.

The brain drain from Hong Kong will probably be pretty significant.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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If anyone is interested in the details of the ruling the full decision is here:

https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/20/07/2020BCSC0785.htm

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
---------------------------->

looks like those pathetic clowns in canada are at it again. what a bunch of clowns

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!
language realization
>the way u pronounce 农民 is like saying noumin in japanese but with chinese characteristics

Kharnifex
Sep 11, 2001

The Banter is better in AusGBS
Canada is the pathetic clown and Australia is the little circus dog that follows the clown but has a cute little pink tutu

PHIZ KALIFA
Dec 21, 2011

#mood

The White Dragon posted:

tfw u realize tankies are so hosed up because they've read way more reddit and twitter than they have smith and marx

fascism is making me read the theories i claim to espouse

brocked
Oct 25, 2005

All shall love me and despair!

hakimashou posted:

are these people trying to poo poo up the good china thread again?

There's a Taiwan thread?

madeintaipei
Jul 13, 2012

brocked posted:

There's a Taiwan thread?

There was, but nothing happened on 2/28.

Dandywalken
Feb 11, 2014

Fumble posted:

The Chinese national anthem is a piece of poo poo!

You son of a..........

Horatius Bonar
Sep 8, 2011

brocked posted:

There's a Taiwan thread?

There actually is in the tourism and travel forum. This here thread is the Taiwan of China threads.

BrigadierSensible
Feb 16, 2012

I've got a pocket full of cheese🧀, and a garden full of trees🌴.

Which thread is the Macau of the SA China treads?

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008

Grand Fromage
Jan 30, 2006

L-l-look at you bar-bartender, a-a pa-pathetic creature of meat and bone, un-underestimating my l-l-liver's ability to metab-meTABolize t-toxins. How can you p-poison a perfect, immortal alcohOLIC?


BrigadierSensible posted:

Which thread is the Macau of the SA China treads?

OSHA.jpg

Barudak
May 7, 2007

A beautiful world with beautiful places to visit

Barudak fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Jun 28, 2021

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!

Barudak posted:

Oh look at that, my head office let me know today that I am officially not moving to Hong Kong and my role magically works out of Japan now

no why masks, social distancing, and paychecks for language teachers

yes brat kids hanging around in large groups at the train station with no masks on because they dgaf

goblin week
Jan 26, 2019

Absolute clown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHsGO8a8WOE

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

Barudak posted:

Oh look at that, my head office let me know today that I am officially not moving to Hong Kong and my role magically works out of Japan now

I wonder what happened :iiam:

Blistex
Oct 30, 2003

Macho Business
Donkey Wrestler
Absolutely loving floored that Meng's first hurdle tripped her up, but there is still a long way to go.


Hey RCMP/CSIS, I hope you're doing a thorough background check on every person in this photo.

I was 90% positive that the judge was going to grasp at any straw to throw this out and be done with it, but I guess that she's either very principled, or the evidence was nothing but a slam-dunk and impossible to ignore. I'm guessing that the CCP is right this minute ramping up their online and Canadian resident operatives to give Judge Heather Holmes the "Mack Horton Special" for displaying such blatant racism/corruption/clownliness.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!
Gonna be fun watching C-SPAM/D&D's reaction to this.

If they even notice it, that is.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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WarpedNaba posted:

Gonna be fun watching C-SPAM/D&D's reaction to this.

If they even notice it, that is.

The CANPOL thread is the only place I've seen it brought up and it's a mix of sane people saying "good" and tankies having a normal one.

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Blistex
Oct 30, 2003

Macho Business
Donkey Wrestler

WarpedNaba posted:

Gonna be fun watching C-SPAM/D&D's reaction to this.

If they even notice it, that is.

It would be a shame if such wonderful news were to escape their attention.

Also: :laffo:

China can’t afford to retaliate against Canada for Meng Wanzhou decision, experts say
https://globalnews.ca/news/6995380/meng-wanzhou-court-decision-china-retaliation/

quote:

Wednesday’s legal setback in Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou‘s extradition battle drew sharp condemnation from both Huawei and the Chinese embassy in Ottawa, which once again called on Canada to immediately release her.

But despite the bitter political divide between the two countries, experts say China’s retaliatory actions over the court ruling will likely not go much further than those statements — mainly because the coronavirus pandemic has already put China on the defensive.

Waiting for news that the Michaels held prisoner hostage in China are going to be officially charged with something that will have the death penalty on the table, just to ramp up the pressure.

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