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1. Trying to put together a timeline of what happened in Hong Kong. I may be wrong but I think a group of pro-democracy protesters defaced the Beijing central government offices and engaged in egg throwing at PRC officials. Then a counter-protester gang was formed and
2. assaulted the people presumed to be part of the anti-Beijing protest. The counter-protester gang appears to have been well organized. Reports say that they are part of the Triad organized crime syndicate in Hong Kong. I question that assumption. First, if Triads believe
3. they are not threatened by the extradition law that would indicate that the PRC central government is working with organized crime. That fact alone should impact all US diplomatic relations with China. My initial supposition was that the counter-protesters were PLA members
4. tasked to appear as local Hong Kong thugs. If that is so, it would tend to indicate that Beijing has already positioned a force in Hong Kong and is not concerned about exposing its presence. That is troubling and If I had family in Hong Kong I would be advising them to flee.
5. My parents and older sister were on the last boat on the last day as Shanghai fell to the Communists. The crew had to vote whether they would run the gauntlet under fire. China is an authoritarian dictatorship and has shown it's willingness
6. to shed Chinese blood to maintain the CCP grip on power. Hong Kong may be lost. But China needs to learn their role in the global economy is not guaranteed. And Mexico is able to supply US with consumer goods without the putting cash in the
7. coffers of a Communist Army that has decided to build more ICBMs to threaten the US. I think China needs to decide. In any event, Hong Kong may be lost. If you liked the flood of Guatemalans you'll love hundreds of millions of Chinese heading this way. @NSC @DefenseIntel
