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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • Hong Kong, a former British colony, was returned to Chinese rule in 1997 with the promise of wide autonomy under a “one country, two systems” framework

    A promise which China immediately broke. When the people of Hong Kong protested against China’s increasing authoritarian control and general dishonesty, China used it as an excuse to brutalize them.

    Beijing in 2020 imposed a tough national security law on Hong Kong, which it said was vital to restore stability after the city, a global financial hub, was rocked for months by sometimes violent anti-government and anti-China protests in 2019.

    This is such a softball take. The violence was caused by a pro-Chinese mob who were probably a gang paid by the government to attack the protesters, and by the Hong Kong police.

    China and Taiwan’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), have cast the election as a choice between war and peace.

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    KMT presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih said on Saturday a vote for the DPP was equivalent to “sending everyone out to the battlefield” because supporting Taiwan independence would touch off a war.

    KMT is threatening the people of Taiwan with violence in order to influence their votes. If there is a war, it will be because China started it.








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