Two important points: 1. The Hong Kong protests are not a separatist movement, though they have been consistenly mischaracterized as such. 2. Any Chinese NBA fan who supports Hong Kong is not free to say so without reprecussions. That's why you only hear the pro-government line https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/1181053758505127936 …
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Also, Hong Kong is considerably older than modern Chinese ethnonationalism. Saying that it was always part of China is like calling Jesus a Muslim. True believers do it, but it's not very persuasive
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Sure, though I’m sure that actually the vast majority of Chinese people are genuinely pretty authoritarian on this
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