Apple Daily: Hong Kong pro-democracy paper announces closure(bbc.com)
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Apple Daily: Hong Kong pro-democracy paper announces closure
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57578926
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This has been known since before the 1997 handover. The smart ones left and are now saying I told you so to everyone who stayed. What left is there to say to those people.
I hope this will shatter the dream of anyone who think it is worth while doing business with China.
I don't even know why would anyone "dream" or "think" they have a chance to do business with CCP after what happened in what they did to Alibaba, etc.
I realize all of their social media accounts disappear as well - FB, Instagram, YouTube, etc. Honestly I feel so bad for their employees and most HK people.
1984
RIP Hong Kong
The CCP are the scourge of the Earth
HK needs to declare independence if they want to preserve their lifestyle.
I don't think a war they will very quickly lose would preserve their lifestyle. The lifestyle is already gone.
HK depends on the mainland for water and in fact has for decades, even during the era of British rule. That is one reason independence has simply never been an option.
HK can easily afford desalination (especially since the mainland water is quite costly), but of course the Chinese occupation won't ever let that happen.
Clearly China has no interest in maintaining Hong Kong as a livable place, so we might as well help out the people who recognize they're tumbling towards an authoritarian hellhole.