Hong Kong is a very complicated place. It is its own country in some forms, but also owned by China. A detailed summary to explain how their fragile relationship is can be read about here. This being the case, China wants to implement new laws pertaining to extradition to China for crimes committed by people who live in Hong Kong. While many consider themselves Chinese loyalists, others are very angry about increased infringement. Some have taken to the streets in protest as they want to apparently be more like, you guessed it, the good old USA.
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Protesters in Hong Kong waving the American flag and singing the American National anthem as they advocate for democracy. Wow! pic.twitter.com/CKyFstud22
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In another video found on YouTube, a different protest from a few days ago can be seen where different people in the crowd have differing views on protesting by honoring the USA. One lady yelled, “YOU ARE CHINESE!” and grabbed the US flag from a protester.
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China doesn’t like this as they don’t want the US to get involved and have stated that on record.
The protest had initially started in angst against a bill introduced in February which allowed the city’s citizens to be extradited by the Chinese government. Despite a suspension of the bill, citizens have demanded more political and democratic reforms. Hong Kong’s autonomy from China runs out in 2045 putting the city’s future in jeopardy, should the city fall in to the communist regime.
China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying had on Monday told the press that the US and the UK had openly endorsed the demonstrations, thus fueling the protests. Hua even accused the US political hierarchy of meeting anti-China stakeholders in Hong Kong, thereby criticising China and instigating activities that undermine the Beijing-backed government.