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Re:Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Ko... by Joakal on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @07:50PM (#20763197)
The protestors have defaced CCP liason office with Shina, blame CCP for Carrie Lam being elected, angry about CCP kidnapping book sellers, even the protest against the bill is because it will allow CCP to extradite HongKongers to China, and more.

Unless the government changes in China, China = CCP. If CCP wasn't in power any more, a lot of protestors wouldn't mind HongKong being part of China.

The protestors know if they specifically ask for independence, they will get shot.

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Re:Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Ko... by bgee on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @08:18PM (#20763394)
There are numerous folks who openly demand a fully independent Hong Kong, one of them actually ran for Legislative Council[0].

I don't think the reason for people not mentioning independence is because they worry about their personal safety.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Leung

edit: full -> fully

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Re:Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Ko... by markus_zhang on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @07:57PM (#20763251)
Some people are actually asking for independence and they were not getting shot.

That said, I guess it's equally difficult for people to imagine that Chinese government has been very, very generous to the Hong Kong people. But that's generally true from a Chinese' pov. Generous to the point that a lot of mainlanders are actively complaining on online forums.

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Re:Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Ko... by PixyMisa on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @08:23PM (#20763428)
> Some people are actually asking for independence and they were not getting shot.

That is considered a fairly low bar by Western standards.

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