Hong Kong

[whelk]

Where are they all going to live?

Despise the Chinese government 

[hypochondriac]

2 minutes ago, whelk said:

Where are they all going to live?

Despise the Chinese government 

It quite simply appaling. The worst bit is China is so powerful that there's nothing anyone can do. This is the real injustice the world should be uniting against. 

[Weston Super Saint]

Can they live in the houses of the people who have said they are leaving the UK to go and live in the EU?

[Saint_clark]

They're an industrious people, they'd probably have their own "New Hong Kong" built somewhere in the British countryside before we would even send in for planning permission. 

[Saint_clark]

US import authorities have seized 13 tons of weaves made from human hair believed to be taken from Uyghers in concentration camps. Sickening. 

[trousers]

6 hours ago, whelk said:

Where are they all going to live?

 

Scotland?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-50124333

[Lighthouse]

Really is f**ked up over there. Given choice, I’d certainly make a conscious effort to buy products not ‘made in China’ even if it meant a small price increase.

[Lord Duckhunter]

12 minutes ago, trousers said:

Scotland?

 

Fuck me, I’d take me chances with the Chinese rather than that. 

[Hockey_saint]

Knowing the Chinese are a law unto themselves; with a Hong Kong population of what? 7.5 million, would they let 3 million of what they'd call Chinese citizens to go? That's going to be interesting. I think it was right to put this on a different thread. I think the citizens of Hong Kong would probably go to a few places and not just the UK. I'm sure some of them would be in demand with things like IT skills and they'd be able to go anywhere but I still think Australia would be a favourite place to go.

Edited 1 July, 2020 by Hockey_saint

[Badger]

16 minutes ago, Hockey_saint said:

Knowing the Chinese are a law unto themselves; with a Hong Kong population of what? 7.5 million, would they let 3 million of what they'd call Chinese citizens to go? That's going to be interesting. I think it was right to put this on a different thread. I think the citizens of Hong Kong would probably go to a few places and not just the UK. I'm sure some of them would be in demand with things like IT skills and they'd be able to go anywhere but I still think Australia would be a favourite place to go.

I expect a fair few of the more skilled population will end up in Australia, and the US. Australia in particular will be selective in allowing entry, the rest will probably end up here, irrespective of what, if anything they bring.

So that's homes and jobs for the best part of up to 3m  that Boris and Co have to magic up at a time of crisis.

[Hockey_saint]

2 minutes ago, Badger said:

I expect a fair few of the more skilled population will end up in Australia, and the US. Australia in particular will be selective in allowing entry, the rest will probably end up here, irrespective of what, if anything they bring.

So that's homes and jobs for the best part of up to 3m  that Boris and Co have to magic up at a time of crisis.

It will certainly be interesting how it's magically solved.

[skintsaint]

4 hours ago, Badger said:

I expect a fair few of the more skilled population will end up in Australia

Hope not, no jobs here!

[Hockey_saint]

6 hours ago, skintsaint said:

Hope not, no jobs here!

None here either but it looks like I said earlier was right; China sees these 3 million as Chinese citizens and so won't allow it and Rabb said before it they'd have no power to stop them.

[Earthworm Jim]

I wouldn't be surprised if with the state of the UK at the moment if the residents of Hong Kong didn't take the chance of staying put - the grass isn't always greener.

[Hockey_saint]

11 minutes ago, Earthworm Jim said:

I wouldn't be surprised if with the state of the UK at the moment if the residents of Hong Kong didn't take the chance of staying put - the grass isn't always greener.

This reminds me of a News Thump article I've just seen  https://newsthump.com/2020/07/02/hong-kong-protestors-offered-british-citizenship-insist-theyd-rather-be-teargassed/?fbclid=IwAR0FlWO_Ew8SpmQrs4Ws_heUrV9Leeov3Plpbweptdh2dBfJMXpDeWLW3qI

[badgerx16]

Surely, if trhe post Brexit model for the UK is 'Singapore on Thames', they would be ideal members of our future workforce ?

[st alex]

On 01/07/2020 at 16:05, Weston Super Saint said:

Can they live in the houses of the people who have said they are leaving the UK to go and live in the EU?

Would those be the ones who voted to remain in the UK but who lost their freedom to go live and work within the EU?

[Weston Super Saint]

11 minutes ago, st alex said:

Would those be the ones who voted to remain in the UK but who lost their freedom to go live and work within the EU?

If they're the ones who said they are going to leave the UK and go and live in the EU, then yes.

[Lord Duckhunter]

24 minutes ago, st alex said:

Would those be the ones who voted to remain in the UK but who lost their freedom to go live and work within the EU?

Did people not live & work in European countries before we joined The Common Market then? 

[skintsaint]

6 hours ago, st alex said:

Would those be the ones who voted to remain in the UK but who lost their freedom to go live and work within the EU?

😅

[Saint in Paradise]

I know that you lose an argument as soon as you mention a certain German dictator but to me the Chinese commie leader is an exact copy of that German chap.

[hypochondriac]

6 minutes ago, Saint in Paradise said:

I know that you lose an argument as soon as you mention a certain German dictator but to me the Chinese commie leader is an exact copy of that German chap.

In some ways potentially more dangerous considering the modern technology and the numbers they possess. 

[Wes Tender]

 

Have the lunatics finally taken over the asylum? According to the nutty professor from the LSE, it is only a drop in the ocean among the scheme of things. As our economy is far smaller than theirs, it follows that it is an even smaller drop in their ocean, and in any event, why should we be giving aid to a belligerent China when we could be giving it to the genuinely poor nations, or preferably to our own poor.

[Fan The Flames]

Xi Jinping believes that all the dictators that failed did so when they became soft and he is determine to keep his vice grip on China and so needs to crush any dissension. He believes that this is for the good off the majority over the individual and that the odd discretion is a price worth paying for dragging his country out of poverty, of course he benefits from the retention of power.

[skintsaint]

Always found it weird that India and China get foreign aid while they are launching billion dollar rockets into space.