Before and during this period of time, mainland China was invaded multiple times (most notably by the British Empire, Japan, and the US during the Boxer Rebellion). The Chinese people, understandably, have some societal scars from that.
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With the formation of what’s now modern China in the early 1930’s, a key component of the national identity became the idea of a unified China strong enough to resist future invasions (particularly after the rape of Nanking).
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The inhabitants of Hong Kong, being under British rule, proceeded along a slightly different path, and most grew accustomed to the idea of democracy as the British empire collapsed and the US rose to its global position.
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Sooooo, after all that as background, what’s happening now is that a majority of Hong Kong residents are willing to be part of China, but do not want to suffer under China’s current authoritarian practices (like making suspected “criminals” disappear).
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Mainland China (read - the PRC high muckity mucks) want to be able to treat Hong Kong like they treat mainland China. Hong Kong residents are, understandably, not keen on the idea of being disappeared to the mainland if they say the wrong thing on social media.
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Hence the protests, which, contrary to what the PRC bots want you to believe, are not about separatism, but about having a transparent rule of law that can’t be (easily) abused, something that was threatened when the current Chief Executive (Carrie Lam) tried to pass PRC orders.
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Long story short - you can google all that in about five minutes so there’s really no excuse to not know what’s going on, no matter what job you happen to hold.
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With the Chinese government entering into a “one country, two systems” rule that would allow the HKers a day in how they enter into the union with mainland China. A deal that Beijing wipes its ass with.
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