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1. In 1986, I was in Prof. Steven Goldstein's戈迪溫 Chinese Politics class at Smith College. He had an overriding belief that China would never liberalize. Then, in 1989, while at law school in Hawaii, I saw him in Tiananmen Square next to the Goddess of Democracy with @DanRather
2. having forgotten his own thesis. Shortly after that the PLA tanks rolled on the students. Prof Goldstein was right the first time. I fear this is going to bring the end of Hong Kong and I would expect the people who dreamed it up were encouraged by the PLA.
3. American won't save you. Go home. Or better yet, take a flight to anywhere but where you are. Run Forest, Run!
Last night, I said it was unclear whether the voices of escalation would persist. Now it seems foolish that I even suggested otherwise
These posters produced overnight show that the anger over a woman losing the use of her eye will fuel the escalation of the #antiELAB movement
These posters produced overnight show that the anger over a woman losing the use of her eye will fuel the escalation of the #antiELAB movement
This was never a happy, optimistic movement like the first week of #OccupyHK. The phrase “if we burn, you burn with us” was on the protest banners this time as early as June
But it’s now more clear than ever that the triad attack on July 21 was indeed a point of no return
But it’s now more clear than ever that the triad attack on July 21 was indeed a point of no return
On that date, I speculated that meeting the five protester demands wouldn’t even be enough to stop this downward spiral
And now, when the sentiment of “an eye for an eye” has become even louder, I’m more convinced than before
And now, when the sentiment of “an eye for an eye” has become even louder, I’m more convinced than before
