[Leica] Pray for Hong Kong

[Ken Iisaka]

The growth of the Chinese economy has been on the brink for quite some
time, and there is a great deal of fear that the growth will soon
reverse its course abruptly.

So, you see a lot of assets flowing into the US and Canada (quite
illegally, may I mention) to be laundered and kept safe(er) in the US
and Canada. Sellers of luxury goods and real-estate brokers in
California and British Columbia have been doing very well.

China is being cornered right now. The trade war with the US is doing
a lot of damage to the world economy, and everyone is suffering,
though some sectors are in a more precarious situation than others.
Collapse of the economy in China would be a very bad thing for its
rulers.

I thought it was hilarious when I was told that pro-Hongkong
demonstrations in Toronto and Vancouver were interrupted by a parade
of Ferraris, Lamborghinis and other luxury cars, with giant red flags
draped over them. The protesters were drowned by the sound of the
revving engines.

On Sun, 18 Aug 2019 at 11:23, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>
> Richard, I believe that the Chinese government is exceptionally well
> informed.  Events like Tiananmen can be forgiven once.  Were the Chinese
> government to have mass shootings of it's citizens there would be no hope
> for further growth of the Chinese middle class.  You would see wholesale
> departures of companies and technology transfers, no 1st or 2nd world
> government want top associate with another Hitler/Stalin like government.
> So I see measured force to quell the violence and behind the scenes
> "disappearances" but no tanks in the streets.
>
> On Sat, Aug 17, 2019 at 1:01 AM Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:
>
> > A number of LUGgers have lived in Hong Kong, some like Howard, for many
> > years. Some like Greg, occasional visitors. Many have visited.
> >
> > I was born in Hong Kong, and the current events fill me with trepidation. I
> > talked to my Tai Chi teacher, and he said wisely, "Water always find its
> > level". A very Daoist thing, be like water.
> >
> > If I have the resource, I will go there now, to document the events. There
> > are lots of propaganda flowing around, including hilariously that US is
> > paying the protesters.
> >
> > Anyway, please keep up with the news. I don't know what will happen. I hope
> > the Tiananman scenario does not happen. If you are on Facebook, you can
> > follow sites like Hong Kong Free Press (which is definitely very much pro
> > democracy and independence), or SCMP which was a very well respected news
> > source, but less so in recent years as it was bought by Jack Ma, the
> > Alibaba founder, but it still does provide news reports without too much
> > bias.
> >
> > Without getting into politics, the current administration does not care
> > about democracy in Hong Kong other than whatever fits its selfish agenda.
> > However, we can still call our Congress representatives. Anyway, please
> > send good thoughts and hope for bloodless resolution.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
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