The Protests in Hong Kong at the moment have gained enormeous traction, but no authorities in the west seemed to have commented, why is that?
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Generally speaking they care about things that directly impact them and this is not one of them.
Specifically, two of the most powerful also have their own shit going on that sucks up a lot of the air for things like this. The US has Trump who is a nonstop story generator who is now looking more and more likely for impeachment and the UK has their whole Brexit fiasco still to deal with.
Most Western countries aren’t overly friendly with China but they represent an immense power both militarily and financially and they’ve proven recently that they’re more than willing to throw their economic weight around if they feel slighted so world leaders are hesitant to “take a stand” against China.
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