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I'm a Hongkonger. You are already helping by asking here on HN. Keep raising the awareness. Make sure people know the proximate and root cause of the protest. P
by throwaway_2047 7y ago
I'm a Hongkonger. You are already helping by asking here on HN. Keep raising the awareness. Make sure people know the proximate and root cause of the protest. People needs to know Hong Kong is not China. People need to know the violence exerted by the police force. People need to know we are the most peaceful protestors in the world. And all conflicts, literally all, are elicited not by the protestors, but by the police.
There are so much more people need to know
- meiraleal 7y ago> People needs to know Hong Kong is not China. Hong Kong is not China the same way Hawaii is not US (hint: they both are).
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoMaybe Fiji or Puerto Rico would be better examples?
- meiraleal 7y agoI thought the same after replying, but I think Hawaii is still a good example, as China treats Hong Kong the same way US treats Hawaii: as an inalienable part of itself.
- hker 7y agoHawaii–US is not a fair comparison to Hong Kong–China, because Hong Kong has its own currency, jurisdiction, legislative system, independent free press, slightly different languages (traditional vs simplified Chinese, Cantonese vs Mandarin), free access to the Internet.