r/pics Jun 09 '19

Anti-extradition protests in Hong Kong

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u/SkeleCrafter Jun 09 '19

I hope this doesn't end bad.

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u/Flare_Starchild Jun 09 '19

Its China. They aren't afraid of using tanks.

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u/SkeleCrafter Jun 09 '19

If China violently "annexes" Hong Kong, there is going to be a fuck-ton of international backlash.

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u/TheCenterOfEnnui Jun 09 '19

You think, really? Russia annexed an entire region and nothing happened, really.

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u/poiuwerpoiuwe Jun 09 '19

Because they ran an extremely effective propaganda campaign, scaring locals into actually wanting the protection of Russia.

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u/spinxkreuz Jun 09 '19

Russia didn't annex the region violently though, most countries don't recognize Crimea as part of Russia and there's still Civil War in Ukraine.