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This becomes part of the problem. China has tried to merge the concept of the country, the people and the government into one homogeneous thing. Now any criticism of the regime is …

Thanks dang. I will cease to use this throwaway account and therefore no longer speak about China truthfully due to safety concerns.

The National Security Law prevents me from implying that Taiwan may be different from China.

So "main" is also problematic now? I thought that was the replacement for git's master branch?

Tiktok is just a rebranded version of the app called 抖音 (Douyin). It's made in China

Ah yes, telling China not to abuse human rights is "bullying" now

This is because Article 18 of the Basic Law of Hong Kong allows China to promulgate certain laws related to national security. Taiwan doesn't have this.

The Central Government did have the authority under Article 18 of the basic law. Let's not kid ourselves here.

This is hidden whataboutism. The 1967 riots had gotten out of control and the rioters were killing people on a regular basis. This has not happened during the 2019-20 protests.

The new National Security Law actually contradicts the Basic Law (our Constitution) in many ways but the NSA explicitly overrides the Basic Law.

Hong Kong is in the WHO as Hong Kong. Are you saying we aren't part of China?

There are but then HK won't be HK anymore and the thing that attracts mainlanders to HK won't be there anymore.

Do you think we are happier now that we have been "handed back to the motherland" or is China happy? Why does the opinion and desires of Hong Kong citizens not mater in your mind?

Our biggest advantage is that we are a trilingual society with a deep understanding of both western and Chinese culture. Although there are many people in the mainland who have stu…

The summary is that before the handover in 1997 everyone was offered a status called British National (Overseas). Anyone who accepted this offer retained their nationality after th…

It may have made sense technically but China has a huge army and HK is dependent on water, electricity and food which comes from the mainland. The mainland government made very cle…

It will disproportionately take away the more wealthy and better educated. The majority of HKers live in public housing, pay no tax and are unlikely to have the means to live in th…

My argument is nothing to do with political correctness or the current cancel culture, which I shall not express an opinion on. I'm just saying that if I am arrested and at the tri…

Yes but life isn't all or nothing. One can choose to reduce their risk and one of the ways to do this is not use an app called "Riot".