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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/20/world/asia/hong-kong-protest-size.html?action=click&module=Top+Stories&pgtype=Homepage&fbclid=IwAR1t0Zpx0W9vc0IIMI6zubJlDddGze_aCcxkdmA0PE6XVUrETewHGL4sDgg&mtrref=l.facebook.com&mtrref=undefined
RipOffTheBandAid
Police used teargas?
BlastingRopeToWaluigiHentai
NOTHING HAPPENED. This was just the line for Tea at the Peninsula Hotel.
WarBearGrrrrrrr
HK protesters showed the world how to protest correctly, they allowed vehicles through, didn’t break stuff & tidied the streets after
ThailandExpress
cantthinkofaclevernameatm
AtsaMattaForMe
beezzarro
If only we could fight that hard against the article 13 or for climate justice
NomDeImguerre
So, like, a bunch?
ValentineN
I'm sorry for them, but it doesn't matter. The other countries won't do shit to help, and any attempt at independence will end in blood.
khalidWatcher
نكون غي بناتهم او جاتني البولة اش مدير
sakm
The NY Times infographics/interactive department deserves a ton of credit for some truly incredible design work in the past few years.
Mooniekate
I watched them on live stream, and it was so tense the whole time.
BobbingForNipples
Did anyone else scroll to the end to get the total?
Risingnapkin
So, what do you do when you need to use the bathroom? Is this like going to a concert? Wear a diaper and hope for the best?
Gundarian
Heard all the shops/church/restaurants along the wat offer bathroom and rest stop if needed.
Everfearful
That's gonna fill two unregistered cargo ships leaving quietly at midnight for the mainland, at least.
BadlyUsernameCera
At least 12.
Psycho17
Still no idea how big. No banana for scale
Jernau
News this week: China illegally harvests organs of political prisoners. Also: HK citizens don't want to be subject to mainland legal system.
Dowr
I'm sorry but does anyone else see a penis in the first image?
catrov
About 100,000 - all covered in pants.
FullMetalHokage
I thought it was a tampon advert.
neoritter
I think Imgurians should know too, Washington Post included an insert not too long ago that contained Chinese propaganda in it. Claiming...
neoritter
the protests were concerned parents who wanted the US to stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs.
catrov
Ah yes. The officiai "Pravda". Truth by any other name.
AskBobLoblaw
Godspeed, kiddos.
FailedCrate
If I'd be Hongkongnese... I'd fled that city. China is only to increase their pressure on 'em... Or they srsly have to put up a revolt.
TheWarHymn
Lot of people left in 1997, but came back anyways.
FailedCrate
... By "they" I mean the people of Hongkong of course. Forming an Alliance with Taiwan.
azazyel
Trump had more people at his inauguration
cvnk
Son of a bitch. He stole my line.
Nodak70
Came to make this comment
tinybartender
Biggest protest since Reagan
TheGreatLemonWheel
Still only a fraction of what turned out for Trumps inauguration.
HtNrN
iHveNoCleverName
I understood that reference
MofongoBalls
+1 for pissing off both sides
DoNotTakeSeriousPls
Chinese Government: Tanky time
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grandpasonlylivingheir
Thank you for showing all of this. Very informative.
MothMonsterMan
This sounds like something China would say after getting pictures of all the protesters.
cheeseguy3412
At this point, those folks are fighting to keep their organs where they currently reside, I imagine. Among other things.
PoliteButFactualCanadian
That's a lot of people who want to keep their internal organs. Can't blame them.
MorbundRotund
I like how they did that without breaking the windows of a local Starbucks.
xyrax
Did you google? There were damaged cars because there will always be assholes looking for an excuse. Does that matter in the grand scheme?
BicyclePirate
I like how they did that without undercover cops breaking the windows of a local Starbucks.
Klingon00
Is such a thing even possible?
TresusIbor
Depends. Pumpkin Spice season?
FuriousPotatoe
Bitch it might be
AkLonewolf
iHveNoCleverName
I'm glad they are fighting, but they are fighting a dictatorship that really doesn't care
WarBearGrrrrrrr
They care about money at the moment & HK protesters have made the world focus on them by protesting the correct way & peacefully
twozerooz
They're fighting their own democratic government.
Insomnia297
They're fighting shills for the Chinese gov't within their own.
twozerooz
Yes, also American politicians are shills of Canada.
Insomnia297
I wish.
HsuDoNihm
Chinese gov't doesn't care about people. They do care about the pressure people apply, especially around the world through public opinion.
ProcrastinatingWork
So are we, so are we. It's the current world state of things.
potatoqueen
Agreed, and those are the exact people we should be fighting
astronomygeek7
Underrated comment. You are my hero sir/ma’am.
WarBearGrrrrrrr
If history has taught us anything, is that fighting isn’t the solution. Unfortunately there isn’t a single solution,
Stonedmanwalking
Quit buying their shit is one of them. Why cany we make things in our own countries?
Stonedmanwalking
*cant I only comment while stoned
WarBearGrrrrrrr
Lol it works mate. kinda cart before the horse scenario. We need the industry & raw materials setup 1st before we can make our own 1/2
CanadianEngineer
There's other (and more effective) ways to punish that behaviour that aren't military force.
TheAssassinArtemisEntreri
Wrong, they've started to make change. You'd be surprised what a third of the population can accomplish when taking to the streets.
MothMonsterMan
Like?
DragonFartz
Your math is lacking. Alot.
Kirj4v4
Cool to hear! Source?
ProcrastinatingWork
Are you asking for the source of dictatorships?
TheAssassinArtemisEntreri
Plenty of stories on the governments reversal. Its doesn't guarantee there wont be future problem bills (nothing can), but its gone for now
MaladaptedMedic
They’re just postponing it, lol. 2million people aren’t going to march next time, guaranteed. They’ll keep trying
TheAssassinArtemisEntreri
Speculation
iHveNoCleverName
China population is in the billion, that protest was many but not even close
LittlemissEm
It was nearly a 3rd of the cities population however
Robindino17
I'm gonna guess it's compared to the population of Hong Kong and not China as a whole
Spaceframe
and you can assume that if a third of the population is actively marching the majority share it's ideology.
MaladaptedMedic
Like what? What changed? All they did was postpone the vote until later (people will forget)
DaveTheScientist
And how often has China postponed unpopular legislation in the past due to their own citizens protesting? (I'm assuming the Chinese state
DaveTheScientist
dictates the actions of the leader of Hong Kong)
TheAssassinArtemisEntreri
Well you people where saying this wont do anything, then it does something, now you say, it wont do any more. We'll see
linkapedia
basically, they got caught taking your food and just promised they won't eat your food and are waiting for you to leave the room to eat it
MaladaptedMedic
But... postponing the vote means diddlysquat. They’ll just try again when there’s less awareness and people are tired of the situation.
MaladaptedMedic
Just like how “Net Neutrality” got rammed through after the people just got tired of fighting for it
ProcrastinatingWork
This one is going to be really hard to cover up as "anti government propaganda" like some of the prior protests
TheyCallMeJimmyButMyNameIsJames
More like NYT pro-Chinese-government propaganda
DMSledge
And yet they already are saying this was instigated by Americans.
Gomer592
well as an American, i Do support these 'riots' 'protests' 'revolutions', everyone deserves some freedoms