On the other hand, HK would have been truly boned in the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis without the assistance of the mainland at great cost to itself. Yet in the span of 20 years, that solidarity was completely forgotten.This guy must be young right?
For people old enough, we saw PLA march into HK without firing a shot.
When you fight someone, you are proving yourself, when they give up, they already know...
Even today there is work to be done in HK, but it's clear who the winner is.
It is important to point out that Western Powers and the former Russian Empire had coveted Xinjiang for 100's of years, still today it is Chinese.
Making DPP sound like they are a big success after less than 20 years in power...
The situation is being framed like "Why doesn't China invade to solve the Taiwan question?"
Yet, it could easily be reframed "Why doesn't the US end all ambiguity and support the DPP's independence?"
It's not like they haven't fully interfered in these internal conflicts before, just ask Serbia, Libya, Syria, etc.
On that note, how are they still in Syria? It's the forgotten forever war.
Q: When did Congress approve it?
A: Never!
Edit: I should clarify that by forgotten, I mean the younger generation of HKers have no knowledge whatsoever of the event.