Good morning class. Today we're going to talk about China, and why you never, never should. For the people of Hong Kong, the story of their strife with China began in March of 2019, when the introduction of the Fugitive Offenders amendment bill by the Hong Kong government triggered widespread panic overconcerns that China could subject Hong Kong to its draconian laws and crippling human rights record. Some more. Hong Kong and China… It's complicated! The British gave Hong Kong, a formerly British-controlled territory as part of the aftermath of (throws a dart at history) the Opium Wars, back to the Chinese government in 1997, which everyone's regretted ever since. I'll put aside my lack of confidence in Vox's editorial standards to let them explain this mess: But for most of the Western world, the story of Hong Kong began in October of 2019, when an e-sports contestant going by the handle of "Blitzchung" took the opportunity of winning a game of Hearthstone to make a political statement in…
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humble author grew up reading science fiction; it was my first passion and continues to be an enduring comfort. I was also born within the ranks of Generation X, so I came along at the right time for the cyberpunk wave in science fiction. I do write for a living now (oh… you noticed?), but as a teen I tried scribbling some sci-fi stories of my own. That turned out to be a bad idea, but you have to find these things out the hard way. And let me tell you:
Had I come up with the ridiculous plot which I am about to lay out
here, I would have ripped the paper out of the typewriter (we still
used those then), crumpled it up and dunked it in the trashcan, and
taken the rest of the day off in self-discipline, because clearly I
would have needed a rest. Had I read the plot of the COVID-19 virus
in any novel at the time, said novel would be digesting in the guts
of the nearest trashcan before long. If I may borrow a
turn of phrase from the late Kurt Vonnegut: this story is a crock…
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