Bear Stearns wrote:Duhon wrote:
the majority of hk denizens speak cantonese, as do most people living near them
it's not so much a nationalist current as it is democratic
they'd be perfectly happy with chinese rule if that rule weren't so repressive and beguiling
Increasingly, the protests are looking a lot more anti-China rather than anti-PRC. They do not want to be part of a Chinese state, period.
Because the idea that Hong Kong's handover back to China will be a trigger for China to become democratic has been bankrupt, something becoming more and more apparent since Xi became its leader. That, combined with poor international reception of (mainland) Chinese, and the continued propaganda of PRC equating itself with China and all its cultural baggage with the intention of painting all opposition to its rule "anti-Chinese separatism" has finally resulted in more and more people saying "alright, guess we might as well be anti-China then". Unfortunate, but understandable. That said, whether separatism (which is still a relative minority among the protesters) constitutes anti-China is debatable.