This is very sad to see. I lived in Hong Kong in 2011-2012 and you could already see the tension whenever "mainlanders" came over, bought suitcases, then filled

This is very sad to see. I lived in Hong Kong in 2011-2012 and you could already see the tension whenever "mainlanders" came over, bought suitcases, then filled them up on luxury shopping trips. A lot of the spirit I saw from the people of HK seemed similar to that of Americans: fiercely independent, very entrepreneurial, and believed that things kept getting better.