> There is a commonly held belief (which I haven't researched and thus don't know if true or not) that they didn't make nearly as much of a ruckus when they wer

> There is a commonly held belief (which I haven't researched and thus don't know if true or not) that they didn't make nearly as much of a ruckus when they were under British colonial rule During the early years of colonization there was a ton of protests and fighting, but they were brutally suppressed by the British. After getting rid of early activists and over 70+ years later, the quality of life improved so there were less and less complaints. > (If you add in a racial dimension, where the Hong Kong people are Asians willing to submit to "whites" while fighting back against other Asians, adds to that disdain). I definitely agree there is a major dose of postcolonial mentality going on among the middle-class Hongkongers. After the rich elite either moved to the West or became chummy with China, the middle class basically moved into the second tier of the "racial hierarchy (whites & hapas > rich Hongkongers > everyone else)" In my opinion, this seems to be more of a class struggle. I see a lot of blue collar Hongkongers being friends with Mainland Chinese. And I see a lot of intermarriage among them as well. Same as when I visited Taiwan. I think just like British colonization took 70+ years, after China has held onto Hong Kong long enough, things will change.