Corporate influence - because they allow access to a 1.5B person market and denying access to that market hurts their profits.
Political influence - because cold hard cash, and blackmail.
China runs blackmail ops like Epstein did. They have dirt on politicians. They probably have pictures or video of Joe Biden getting his dick sucked by a 5 y/o Thai girl.
Let's not pretend that the 1.5 billion person market can actually afford most of the products. It's purely a labor supply / cost thing. The CCP abuses its subjects, steals their money, and then pays American In Name Only companies subsidies to the tune of billions of dollars to divulge data and vulnerabilities in America's own infrastructure- starting with the citizens. This is not the fault of the progressive left, but the fault of the "libertarians" who put their faith in free trade and commerce and outsourcing over actual American values, virtue, and justice for all.
Taiwan did it right. They built up a huge military for a tiny island and ferociously fend off any mainland Chinese claims. Hong Kong thought they could indispensable to the global market and then the world would defend them. Hong Kong should have chosen weapons and armaments over banking and commerce.
I think that's wishful thinking. Most dissident leaders have already been rounded up and sent to Mainland China. Most of them will never be heard from again and the world will forget their names. Everyone always thinks at the beginning of the communist takeover, that it can't last and it can't get worse and it always does.
That's true but a totalitarian communist nation can sure drive them underground. To bolster your point, the USSR was officially an atheist nation for the better part of a century. The moment the Soviet Union fell apart and the Russian people were free, they became the most religious "western" nation on Earth and still are. Same with Poland. Religion was banned and almost all priests and clerics were rounded up and re-educated. It's the most based religious nation in Europe and their culture snapped back stronger than ever.
Umm, no. Taiwan relies on (1) difficulty of an amphibious invasion and (2) easy to blow up expensive ships and planes withcheap missiles. Oh, and also (3) HELP US AMERICA YOU'RE OUR ONLY HOPE!!!
I keep telling people that if Biden gets elected, good fucking luck on that third thing, he ain't gonna do shit. He's even been quoted as telling Taiwan "you will reunify with China" back in IIRC 1979 after Carter killed the mutual-defense treaty.
Hong Kong should have chosen
Hong Kong was never given a choice; the British seized the territory, and the British then gave it away. The British didn't even allow elections until AFTER it became clear that China wasn't going to extend the lease on the New Territories. The British told them "no, you can't get a passport that allows you British residency, sorry, we don't want your ching-chong asses in our country." And the British were the ones who allowed Hong Kong to develop in such a way that there was no alternative to getting most of its water supply from lands that China controlled.
The one thing I really, REALLY don't understand is why the British allowed so many Indians and Pakistanis to move in, when they wouldn't let mostly-wealthy Hong Kong business families move to Britain. The "British Overseas" passports they allowed Hong Kongers to obtain only allowed them to move to other "commonwealth" countries like Australia and Canada, which is why "Hongcouver" became a thing.
It's a big military for a tiny island. Hong Kong would never win a war against China. They know that. The defensive game Hong Kong is playing is that they'll fight to the bitter end so China gets almost nothing but ruins if they invade and mainland China will pay a heavy price for invading. That's what the Hong Kong military is set up to do.
4 years ago Beijing requested the WHO to ban Taiwan, and the WHO complied. This is expected behavior.
Meanwhile, at the end of April Taiwan had 500 cases and no new case for two weeks. Their solution? Confinement and geolocalization of people who tested positive. No state-wide lockdown order. A spokesperson for a hacker collective warned this may be the start of a slippery slope, but also said "apparently the government stayed within the scope it defined itself."
It's worse than that. Someone posted a screenshot a couple of days ago showing that when he entered "Niger" (or maybe it was "Nigeria") the site kicked him off for racism.
Who designed that, the WHO guy who claimed he didn't hear the question, but that it better not be repeated and then the feed went dead?
Why does China, a country that contributes relatively little to the rest of the world, have so much power and influence in worldwide organizations?
Corporate influence - because they allow access to a 1.5B person market and denying access to that market hurts their profits.
Political influence - because cold hard cash, and blackmail.
China runs blackmail ops like Epstein did. They have dirt on politicians. They probably have pictures or video of Joe Biden getting his dick sucked by a 5 y/o Thai girl.
Let's not pretend that the 1.5 billion person market can actually afford most of the products. It's purely a labor supply / cost thing. The CCP abuses its subjects, steals their money, and then pays American In Name Only companies subsidies to the tune of billions of dollars to divulge data and vulnerabilities in America's own infrastructure- starting with the citizens. This is not the fault of the progressive left, but the fault of the "libertarians" who put their faith in free trade and commerce and outsourcing over actual American values, virtue, and justice for all.
Taiwan did it right. They built up a huge military for a tiny island and ferociously fend off any mainland Chinese claims. Hong Kong thought they could indispensable to the global market and then the world would defend them. Hong Kong should have chosen weapons and armaments over banking and commerce.
Taiwan did both. Both is always better, but i foresee the world helping HKers eventually. Once we get thru the kung flu sickens.
I think that's wishful thinking. Most dissident leaders have already been rounded up and sent to Mainland China. Most of them will never be heard from again and the world will forget their names. Everyone always thinks at the beginning of the communist takeover, that it can't last and it can't get worse and it always does.
Maybe. I highly doubt these keaders being bagged and tagged ends the ideas. Ideas cant be killed.
That's true but a totalitarian communist nation can sure drive them underground. To bolster your point, the USSR was officially an atheist nation for the better part of a century. The moment the Soviet Union fell apart and the Russian people were free, they became the most religious "western" nation on Earth and still are. Same with Poland. Religion was banned and almost all priests and clerics were rounded up and re-educated. It's the most based religious nation in Europe and their culture snapped back stronger than ever.
Yep, itll take time and,the road isnt pretty, but weve seen,this throughout modern history and HK is the next hill.
Umm, no. Taiwan relies on (1) difficulty of an amphibious invasion and (2) easy to blow up expensive ships and planes withcheap missiles. Oh, and also (3) HELP US AMERICA YOU'RE OUR ONLY HOPE!!!
I keep telling people that if Biden gets elected, good fucking luck on that third thing, he ain't gonna do shit. He's even been quoted as telling Taiwan "you will reunify with China" back in IIRC 1979 after Carter killed the mutual-defense treaty.
Hong Kong was never given a choice; the British seized the territory, and the British then gave it away. The British didn't even allow elections until AFTER it became clear that China wasn't going to extend the lease on the New Territories. The British told them "no, you can't get a passport that allows you British residency, sorry, we don't want your ching-chong asses in our country." And the British were the ones who allowed Hong Kong to develop in such a way that there was no alternative to getting most of its water supply from lands that China controlled.
The one thing I really, REALLY don't understand is why the British allowed so many Indians and Pakistanis to move in, when they wouldn't let mostly-wealthy Hong Kong business families move to Britain. The "British Overseas" passports they allowed Hong Kongers to obtain only allowed them to move to other "commonwealth" countries like Australia and Canada, which is why "Hongcouver" became a thing.
It's a big military for a tiny island. Hong Kong would never win a war against China. They know that. The defensive game Hong Kong is playing is that they'll fight to the bitter end so China gets almost nothing but ruins if they invade and mainland China will pay a heavy price for invading. That's what the Hong Kong military is set up to do.
TAIWAN NUMBAH ONE
For the unaware: China basically owns the WHO and doesn’t recognize Taiwan as an independent country.
Nope not one bit.
Litterally every person Iv heard complain about Trump defunding WHO iv brought this up and they were just like... what's Tiwan?
Some even stooped to, what's Hong Kong? Isnt that China?
No shit.
Well, Hong Kong *is* China. Blame Britain. I do.
4 years ago Beijing requested the WHO to ban Taiwan, and the WHO complied. This is expected behavior.
Meanwhile, at the end of April Taiwan had 500 cases and no new case for two weeks. Their solution? Confinement and geolocalization of people who tested positive. No state-wide lockdown order. A spokesperson for a hacker collective warned this may be the start of a slippery slope, but also said "apparently the government stayed within the scope it defined itself."
https://www.challenges.fr/monde/les-recettes-de-taiwan-pour-vaincre-le-covid-19_707254?fbclid=IwAR11I1jDcDbh3YtW3s1wVG7d0uDGWvYKvL9u8TYt4nccwyvirQhjLeojhvw
It's worse than that. Someone posted a screenshot a couple of days ago showing that when he entered "Niger" (or maybe it was "Nigeria") the site kicked him off for racism.
The bot doesn't recognize Taiwan as a country either. Peak WHO. lol