tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444895069543408811.post2194739601750813864..comments2023-10-06T18:55:46.317+08:00Comments on That's Impossible! Politics from Taiwan: Great article阿牛http://www.blogger.com/profile/08403972286057197709noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444895069543408811.post-46165291231834943412007-06-22T02:16:00.000+08:002007-06-22T02:16:00.000+08:00Things are different when the country you're facin...Things are different when the country you're facing is much more powerful and influential, and has a much larger military force.<BR/><BR/>It can't be compared to, say, if militants attacked the US. If China really wanted, it could completely overrun Taiwan, rendering any resistance utterly futile. Idealism dies hard, but practicality prevails when you know you don't stand a chance.<BR/><BR/>Ordinary Chinese citizens show contempt only for Taiwan's pro-green administration. Nobody there wants to kill civilians, so I normally don't worry too much about Taiwan being crushed.channinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06386334271601532591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444895069543408811.post-11827341245152182422007-06-20T00:07:00.000+08:002007-06-20T00:07:00.000+08:00The only solution to this is to distribute more pr...The only solution to this is to distribute more propaganda, guerrilla warfare manuals and encourage the government to distribute all guns possible if an invasion begins. But I think there are more militant people than one thinks from the Taipei point of view. Once you go south, people are a bit more serious.阿牛https://www.blogger.com/profile/08403972286057197709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444895069543408811.post-86612696233225519662007-06-19T21:20:00.000+08:002007-06-19T21:20:00.000+08:00Of concern to me is that the Taiwanese people are ...Of concern to me is that the Taiwanese people are not entirely willing to fight and die to defend the current Taiwan system. Whereas 99% of Mainlanders are willing to fight and die to take Taiwan back.Boyd Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15140107322784588284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444895069543408811.post-4224061500193377922007-06-17T20:49:00.000+08:002007-06-17T20:49:00.000+08:00Thanks for the great reply!Thanks for the great reply!阿牛https://www.blogger.com/profile/08403972286057197709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444895069543408811.post-31705812532874019202007-06-17T17:48:00.000+08:002007-06-17T17:48:00.000+08:00Hi, I'm a frequenter of M. Turton's blog and came ...Hi, I'm a frequenter of M. Turton's blog and came across your blog. Great article you have here, so let me offer my two cents as an addendum:<BR/><BR/>These wars of words are not new...Hong Kong's general population continues to be better educated than most of the elite leaders in China, which I think is a major factor behind the ideological conflict.<BR/><BR/>China's leaders hardly know how to run the HKSAR, so they frequently come up with contradicting tactics. As the sovereign, Beijing has been benign, aggressive, ambiguous, sincere, muddled.....and everything in between. Different leaders have different ideas on how the SAR should run and be run, and mainland leaders have even been known to try to cool off the outcry over someone's irrational comments.<BR/><BR/>To be fair, I remember Wu also said on TV that Beijing has been "sincere" and has "put Hong Kong in its heart."<BR/><BR/>It's true that the power in delegating HKSAR governance rests in China, the sovereign, through the provisions of the Basic Law--much like the political subdivisions of any republic. But sometimes a hormonal official or two gets carried away with trumpeting China's sovereignty over the SARs. Despite the initial outcries whenever this happens, I and most other Hong Kongers try to let it slide most of the time.<BR/><BR/>I still strongly suggest that those who talk about "democracy's death in Hong Kong" and haven't actually visited to....well, visit. They wouldn't even be able to tell that the sovereignty had been transferred.channinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06386334271601532591noreply@blogger.com