Hong Kong protests: 'I'm in Australia but I feel censored by Chinese students'

>avoid Chinese goods because of shit like this.

Wie bitte???

This hurts you far more than it does China. Use systemic, not individual, actions instead (insofar as you can). Vote for political admins likely to respond to Chinese human rights violations, support protest movements, etc.

The Hong Kong residents hasn’t really done themselves any favours and won the hearts and minds of the mainlanders. They’ve always been viewed as snobbish and generally hold mainlanders in low regard. It doesn’t help that Hong Kong media makes a big fuss about how uneducated mainlanders are whenever some mother lets her child urinate or defecate on public transport.

Most mainlanders still insist that Taiwan is a part of China and Hong Kong’s protests is just some political unrest stirred up by Western countries to cause trouble.

Coupled with a lifetime of brainwashing and propaganda (their primary school textbooks have dedicated sections where the students recite their love for their country and the communist party), I am not surprised at this at all.

Most still justify Tiananmen Square as something that had to be done to preserve the stability of the country. Secondly, they see any Western criticism as third parties commenting on an internal China political issue, of which they have no right to.

> Haven't these pro-Beijing students ever tried to access uncensored information online that was denied to them until they arrived in their host countries

Most (flat earthers/birthers/anti-vaxxers/people who believe all sorts of nonsense) have had access to uncensored information online for years.

They continue to believe the various crazy things that they believe.

Why do you think political opinions should be any different?

Shit, there's no shortage of people who, despite being willing to acquiesce to the factual truth of a statement, will actively choose to disregard it. They'll do it because the statement is incompatible with their political affiliation, because the statement was uttered by a foreigner who should be minding their own business, because the person who uttered it has the 'wrong' political affiliation or religion or class or skin color or background or profession.

This sort of tribalism is incredibly normal, and you don't need to travel abroad to find it.

I'm deeply concerned by the lack of introspection of anyone painting this as a problem unique to citizens of mainland China.

Maybe don't jump straight toward someone being a nationalistic bigot right away. Due process should be followed, but pushing anti-democratic views is quite literally a reason to have your visa cancelled in Australia, even if no other crimes have occurred. If a crime is also committed, then maybe they should spend some time in jail before removal. However, considering that it doesn't look like the violence was particularly grievous (bruised ribs and a chipped tooth seem to be the worst of it), placing them in jail is probably just an extra burden on the penal system before they would be removed anyway.

"Not be disruptive" is a very common visa condition, and promoting violence, threatening harm, or interrupting the operation of the Australian community (which a university is a part of) is grounds to have your visa cancelled. Considering that some physical altercations also took place should make the vase very solid.

Check the student visa (subclass 500) conditions here: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/already-have-a-visa/ch...