What’s the most likely resolution of the demonstrationss in Hong Kong? I can imagine:
- Tiananmen II. The CCP puts the hammer down.
- The CCP agrees to the demonstrators’ demands.
- Nothing. The demonstrations become a more-or-less permanent aspect of Hong Kong life.
- The demonstrators give up.
I don’t have any real insights into what the outcome is likely to be although I think that the first and third are probably the most likely.
Don’t leave off the possibility that this is the spark that lights the fuse for the bomb that’ll blow China up, metaphorically.
Off-topic but I thought some might find this interesting.
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/10/07/panetta-says-rahm-emanuel-cussed-cooperating-senate-torture-inquiry/
That certainly comports with what I’ve been saying for the last six years.
I’m not sure it’s Rahm-centric. The Clintonistascseem to have been given the green light to jump ship.