In 2019 when China fully claimed legal supremacy over Hong Kong, not only in violation of international law, but in violation of the wishes of the people of Hon

In 2019 when China fully claimed legal supremacy over Hong Kong, not only in violation of international law, but in violation of the wishes of the people of Hong Kong themselves. China used colonial policies such as forced immigration (requiring Hong Kong to accept Chinese settlers), forced public expenditure for the benefit of the colonizer (bridge), linguistic domination (via forced changes to education), political pre-selection (Chinese approval of candidates), violent put down of dissent, rewriting history in school books, etc. Equivocation and appeals to history to justify domination of a people who do not wish to be dominated are standard tactics. "Ukraine never had a tradition of genuine statehood," "We are all kievan rus, we are one people." "Ukrainian identity is artificially created by the west." China asserted itself as the authority in Hong Kong with force over a people who largely saw themselves as distinct from mainland China. China then used policies of oppression, assimilation, and settling in an attempt to destroy hong kong self rule and ultimately the idea of Hong Kong-ness (in favor of chinese-ness) against the wishes of indigenous residents. To me, that is colonialism.