I hope the people fawning over China on other social media platforms see these. Yes, the people are as decent as anywhere else. They have a lot to be impressed and respectful of in their society. But the government is as ruthless as any other.

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Hong Kong’s Freedoms: What China Promised and How It’s Cracking Down -- [Last update March 2024]

• Before the British government handed over Hong Kong in 1997, China agreed to allow the region considerable political autonomy for fifty years under a framework known as “one country, two systems.”
• In recent years, Beijing has cracked down on Hong Kong’s freedoms, stoking mass protests in the city and drawing international criticism.
• Beijing imposed a national security law in 2020 that gave it broad new powers to punish critics and silence dissenters, which has fundamentally altered life for Hong Kongers.