This a a scary masterstroke by Beijing . In one move they are showing the ethnic Chinese world who ' s boss . They are telling Taiwan , we know who you ' re training with . Plus the vehicles still had Taiwanese number plates , which got the Taiwanese media very excited . They are showing the world that Hong Kong is fully in their control . Along with the saga over the Legco oaths , forget any illusions about one country two systems . And obviously , they are giving a big warning to Singapore . <| sep |> Greece had the option to default but it would have meant being booted from the EuroZone with the subsequent immediate shutdown of the country . The Greek government instead opted not to invoke the apocalypse and choose to pay the debt and stay in the EuroZone and in order to be able to do so , she asked for financial help from the Troika . It was Greece ' s decision , and I fail to see how can you blame the European Commission for helping Greece out . there is also the case that the reason Greece could overburden itself was that She had falsified its macroeconomic data . Greece worked with Goldman Sachs to hide the Greek dept to cheat the risk assessors . Again , why would investors be punished for believing greek financial statistics . the systematic shock one of the biggest topic of the crisis was the issue of toxic assets . debt was packaged repackaged then repackaged 30 more times causing a Greek default to cause a cascading effect of inestimable scale . When the Troika decided to contain the Greek crisis , they have also protected the rest of Europe and the world from the effects of risks shooting through the roof . Just so that Saudis , the Koch brothers , South Korean cults etc . don ' t have to bear the risk inherent in investing in the bonds of a failing economy . They didn ' t , that was the problem . Past obligations that were made in good faith remember debt is hidden were needed to be paid back but Greece couldn ' t get financed just at that retarded rates . that is why the Troika stood up and allowed Greece to stand good for past obligations thereby letting the country not to turn into a giant fireball of death . Going through with the stabilization program was Greece ' s own decision to avoid the meltdown .