The irony is that if you replace US with HK in your sentence, it would be equally true, with historical evidence to back this same statement.
The protesters in the HK aren't hated. The rioters and terrorists are hated. Rioters and terrorists have taken over the marches and diluted the voices of the protesters. We are allowed to protest in the HK, unlike what is happening in US.
The protestors aren’t hated by the Beijing-controlled Hong Kong government? That same government that will use the new laws to shut down and arrest protesters en masse if necessary? Why do you think they tried to introduce laws that allow prisoners to be extradited, tried and improsoned in “the mainland” where they can build massive detention/prison/“re-education”/slave labour facilities? Why do you think they’ve been desperate to quell the Hong Konger’s widespread (millions marching) support of continuing the existing special privileges enjoyed under the one country, two systems policy?
Are you serious or just plain deluded?
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If you have ever lived in China, which I have, or if you have been very close with Chinese international students, you will know that they like their country and they don't think China treats people poorly. They will tell you that the West is always trying to limit China's growth and implement policies and sanctions that deeply worsen the life of Chinese people, and they will tell you that the Americans and Canadians are not doing them a favour at all, and they will tell you that they just want to be left alone.
Western values are not Chinese values. China is a civilization state and not just a nation-state. They don't think God is their creator or something like that, they have their own creation story, which dates back to 9000 BC to 7500 BC. China doesn't look at the West and say, this is the way to go, but rather, they say, interesting, that's a good alternative and we will take reference, but we will roll our own.
Chinese students are indeed very pro China. Funny what happens when you’re only given one narritive and history (including denialism) and live in a country with chronic censorship under threat of arrest or loss of social credit rating for daring to criticise authority; even when they do things that are demonstrably bad (like initial handling of COVID-19)!
I personally don’t like my current conservative government, but I can freely and openly work to undermine and campaign against it whilst simultaneously respecting those who support it and recognise its legitimacy, considering it was democratically elected; unlike the CCP.
I’m not criticising Chinese people at all. But your claims that China wants little or nothing to do with the West is also laughable. If you think they don’t want western investment, why don’t they ask companies like Apple to leave? They have benefited from imitation/theft of western technology for decades; not least the Western appetite for cheap, Chinese-made goods (not personally however). Why are knock-offs rampant in China?
I wish the very best for China and Chinese people; and while you don’t want the systems and quality of life we have, I likewise don’t want yours! I’d much rather have the rights of democracy, freedom of protest and assembly, freedom of speech, independent and (mostly) free media, clean environment, strong labour laws and entitlements, universal health care and welfare entitlements, high liveability including the 2nd, 3rd and 10th most liveable cities in the world according to one ranking (Mercers). Most of Europe is just as good, if not better. America not quite so much.
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Why are all these companies suddenly worried that Hong Kong is going full-police state without even the pretense of being a free society anymore even though said companies also operate in China and follow The Party's orders to the letter? Worse comes to worse, wouldn't it just be exactly like the rest of Communist China where these guys just roll over and does whatever they're told anyway?
The term is "50 cent army"
That is indeed a good point.