Sure! So Hong Kong used to be a part of China, but was seized by the British Empire after the first Opium War in 1842. It was occupied by the Japanese in WWII, returned to British rule after WWII, then returned to Chinese control in 1997.https://twitter.com/TimMavTv/status/1182474908389068800 …
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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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Tangent: Google “Rape of Nanking” and you’ll have a better understanding of why East and South East Asia has a strained relationship with Japan. Unlike post-war Germany, Japan has failed to make restitution at a scale that will silence critics.
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Oh for sure, it’s a huge issue that Japan still has yet to meaningfully address
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