[taiwanboy]

This is an ominous development for Hong Kong citizens. There is talk of martial law (and use of physical violence by the Chinese army) by this weekend or beyond in Hong Kong. Without the timely reporting from Hong Kong citizens to hacker news or other websites, we won’t be able to gauge the real magnitude of destruction and oppression to our democratic Hong Kong cousins (vpn will surely be turned off by then). And it might be tiananmen 2.0 all over again.

Our wish is with you, tiny island democratic people. The free world is on your side. I don’t think this time we as a free world will tolerate another tiananmen; China would face fury and economic sanctions like never before.

[atr_gz]

The internet isn't blocked in Hong Kong - this doesn't affect them (yet).

[thomasfl]

Thanks for the insight. Tiananmen 2.0 would definately cause massive sanctions sanctions. China probably don´t want to risk more sactions than the import tax in the US right now.