Love the Cromwell reference! And your main response is on-point, as well. However, when I read that Dennis Kwok, a pro-democracy lawmaker, said "This is a comp

Love the Cromwell reference! And your main response is on-point, as well. However, when I read that Dennis Kwok, a pro-democracy lawmaker, said "This is a complete and total surprise and I think it means the end of one country, two systems" [my emphasis], I hope he is saying this rhetorically, rather than as an expression of being blindsided by the turn of events.