if you don't have the resolve or power to deal with the worst, don't start provocation.
small regions still can control their own fate, unlike cynics' thinking, they are not simply pawns.
HK shouldn't have to come to this, neither Ukraine, nor TW in the future.
don't gamble, don't take peace for granted. people always want more, want better, yet should always keep in mind it also could just be worse! ask those in MENA. treasure status quo! don't push your mighty enemy into point of no return, don't bet your allies would come to help in time, don't forget even if things eventually go in your way, undoubtedly huge suffering and calamity will happen.
is that all worth it? there is another way, a better way, a safer way, for HK, for Ukraine and for TW too.
TW people need to put more pressure on DPP and Tsai.