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The conspiracy factor is 'who initiated all this'?
Was it genuinely HonKongese who we sufficiently worried that extradition would lead to this being used as an excuse for China to target anti-China dissidents, or was it some extreme Chinese faction who saw an opportunity to stir up the masses. Many of whom are too young to have grasped the Tienanmen situation. And don't really know how privileged they are in HK.
Or was it some western power that saw a chance to create a situation where Hong Kong would not be able to bring the crowds under control and would have to send for help from the mainland ?
Said western power would then be able to point at China's probably draconian method of crowd control and use it as a weapon against them. 'See, China can't be trusted to keep out of it'.
It should be remembered that the Hong Kong government has virtually withdrawn from the initial cause. But the mob now want more.
It looks like an attempt to de-stabilise the area.
Was it genuinely HonKongese who we sufficiently worried that extradition would lead to this being used as an excuse for China to target anti-China dissidents, or was it some extreme Chinese faction who saw an opportunity to stir up the masses. Many of whom are too young to have grasped the Tienanmen situation. And don't really know how privileged they are in HK.
Or was it some western power that saw a chance to create a situation where Hong Kong would not be able to bring the crowds under control and would have to send for help from the mainland ?
Said western power would then be able to point at China's probably draconian method of crowd control and use it as a weapon against them. 'See, China can't be trusted to keep out of it'.
It should be remembered that the Hong Kong government has virtually withdrawn from the initial cause. But the mob now want more.
It looks like an attempt to de-stabilise the area.