This Is How China Hopes To Crush Hong Kong

Residents again shouting “Hong Kongers add oil!” (need sound) from the windows of 50 story tall apartment complex in Tseung Kwan O even louder than the first time.

I've got nothing but respect for the people of Hong Kong and their demand to be heard. #HongKongProtests pic.twitter.com/HyuKr0YJaG

— ❤ HK (@HintMan) August 27, 2019

Brendon Hong, Daily Beast: Inside Beijing’s Toolbox to Crush Hong Kong

The Chinese Communist Party is betting it won’t have to send tanks to end the revolt. It’s got the cops, surveillance, and even a replacement “international city” in the works.

SHENZHEN/HONG KONG—For more than two weeks, rows of armored vehicles have been parked outside and within the walls of a stadium in Shenzhen. A contingent of the People’s Armed Police, a paramilitary force that specializes in riot control and security matters, has been stationed within the sporting ground. The Global Times, one of the Chinese government’s state-run media outlets, says that the security forces are there for drills. Yet as unrest in Hong Kong escalates with every passing weekend, and occasional episodes that remind Hong Kongers of the 1989 military crackdown at Tiananmen Square, it’s natural to wonder: is Beijing about to send in its own forces, maybe even the PLA—the People’s Liberation Army?

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WNU Editor: This Beijing approach will fail.

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