A nuclear world war can finish the civilization in 2 weeks
And yet people all buy lotto ticketsā¦Live for today and worry about what you can controlā¦Those living in fear of disaster are doomed to be miserableā¦
Thatās the way people areā¦ shallow and vain
How many countries have term limit and how many not? I bet many more countries have no term limit.
Xi could be like Putin, Merkel, one from Russia and another from Germany.
Maybe term limit is an exception instead of a rule.
A dictator does not need a limit. Putin is a dictator. So is Xi. Donāt know about Merkel.
Dictators can be benevolent and wise, not all are bad. However, their minds eventually get corrupted by the boundless power they hold.
Hope Merkel doesnāt become a dictator for EU. Is Singaporeās Lee a dictator?
People need to be vigilant with ascertaining facts.
There is always a ānarrativeā vs ācounter narrativeā, both/more than two are allowed with freedom of press. With an authoritarian govt/dictatorship you only get the ONE āgovt factsā. Itās harmful IMO. For e.g. go to any Chinese search engine and search for āTiananmen squareā and check out the āgovt factsā you get back
Hasnāt the party she leads been elected by the people of Germany repeatedly?
& isnāt she having trouble forming a govt currently because her party + allies lost seats in the recent elections?
Hereās Russiaās GDP growth under Putin. He has been in power in 1999.
Stop smoking ā¦ (Since you live in a democracy) ā¦ Joking
All top GDP/capita countries are democracies. So, examples of exceptions(authoritarian/dictatorships)/outliers(in statistics) isnāt the correct way to make a point.
Hong Kong RE will be fine in the short run as money will continue to flow out of Mainland China (to the extent possible). Less than 30 years to go before Grand Poobah comes after you for goodā¦actually probably much sooner at this rate.
Well, at least they are not entirely negative, given Russiaās declining demographics. Thatās actually quite a feat.
yeah yeah low expectations leads to better perceptions of successā¦ OR āunderpromise & deliver/meet the underpromiseā
Mainland police nowadays just grabs people off street and ship them to mainland North Korean style. Yeah donāt need to wait 30 years.
wow.
Is this one of the reasons why Chinese/HKer citizens buy homes in Western countries(Canada+USA+others)?
They got grabbed only because they did something wrong. The police wouldnāt do anything to you if you are a good, law-abiding citizen, despite what the BLM proponents sayā¦
HKers who can move already did. Many canāt afford to stay in US or Britain and chose cheaper countries like Taiwan.
Compared to mainland HKās rule of law is still far superior. Many mainland tycoons bought properties and visas in HK. Tencent founder Pony Maās family lives in HK.
They were publishers and booksellers who dared to publish ābadā material on Xi. Yeah, really bad people.
Absolutely. They broke the law. Itās called āsubversionā. Edward Snowden anyone? Right they should be jailed for that.