Only if the chinese really decide to invade.
Only if Taiwan really decide not part of China.
Call me crazy, but I don't excuse the things the Chinese government does just because they convinced their population that they should.
The thing is, the Chinese population has been convinced long before current government is established. I'd say the first time censorship was tried and accepted by Chinese people is around the time of Ancient Roman Republic.
If thinking that basic human rights are universal makes me an imperialistic American dog, then I am a proud imperialistic American dog.
I think you are an American *idealist*. If people are worried about food and shelter, they are not going to worry too much about free speech. This must be hard to imagine when you were born in prosperity.
[...] 1. Traffic lights being shut down, which can grind traffic and thus commerce to a halt. 2. Crime. 3. Panicking people who don't have the sense to just wait it out.
1 - Never seen a traffic cop directing traffic?
Ever seen a cop replacing every single traffic light in a city? that would empty every police station in the country...
Ever seen volunteer replacing every MAIN traffic light in a city?
"What one man can do, another can do."
I knew I could kill off half of the Europeans like Hitler did! Well, I guess I kind of missed my chance due to not being born at that time.
"Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth." -- Milton