The top officials and the establishment of HK successfully created a bubble for themselves over the years, deceiving some people, but more worrisome, themselves

The top officials and the establishment of HK successfully created a bubble for themselves over the years, deceiving some people, but more worrisome, themselves as well. That's my take of it. When mainland affiliated media and publishers control much of the market, it's easy to be mistaken. Not saying the British hasn't done the same thing during colonial rule, but we have the Internet now...