I used to live in Hong Kong. In the past 2 year situation has been Orwellian. News outlet being shutdown, pro-democratic parties dismissed, charities disbanded,

I used to live in Hong Kong. In the past 2 year situation has been Orwellian. News outlet being shutdown, pro-democratic parties dismissed, charities disbanded, whole members of political party got arrested, among others. At least 1% of the population fled the city in the first half of 2021. In a parallel universe, and completely unrelated note, my friends in China, thinks their country can finally stand-up against the west. They cannot be more proud of their country. There is also the sentiment that the West would not doing anything concrete against China I can dig up figures and references if anyone interested Edited with reference: [1] Clam down on Apple Daily, the only pro-democratic (that I know of) news outlet in Hong Kong [2] Directors of Apple Daily arrested [3] 65,000 applications of BN(O) visa, the visa for HKers to move to the UK. HK population is around 7.5M [4] Youtubers exodus, for fear of government prosecution in the name of the national security or for whatever reason. [5] 230 Democrats quitting local council. [6] There are around 479 local council in total. So about half of them quit [7] People were arrested in the name of national security here and there. A charity, formed last year, providing inmate visiting service, will be dismissed. Only Chinese source available at the moment [8] During the peak of mass migration in the 90s, 62,000 people per year moved away from HK. Compare with 65,000 moving to the UK in the first 6 months [1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/hong-kongs-apple-daily-will-close-after-government-choked-funds-11624437029 https://www.wsj.com/articles/hong-kongs-apple-daily-will-clo... [2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/17/hong-kong-police-arrest-editor-in-chief-of-apple-daily-newspaper-in-morning-raids https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/17/hong-kong-poli... [3] https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/65-000-hongkongers-apply-for-british-visas-over-five-months-ltrv5wpgm https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/65-000-hongkongers-apply-... [4] https://www.youtube.com/c/memehongkong https://www.youtube.com/c/memehongkong https://www.youtube.com/c/bobsyouruncle1981 https://www.youtube.com/c/bobsyouruncle1981 https://www.youtube.com/c/Gavinchiu001 https://www.youtube.com/c/Gavinchiu001 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVjj_osiKAP_qTtJAr6IrvA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVjj_osiKAP_qTtJAr6IrvA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh_KRmXM4RiQFvOBBDpvC6Q https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh_KRmXM4RiQFvOBBDpvC6Q [5] https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/230-elected-pro-democrats-quit-Hong-Kong-local-councils https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/230-elected-pro-democrats-q... [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_councils_of_Hong_Kong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_councils_of_Hong_Kong [7] https://news.now.com/home/local/player?newsId=449783 https://news.now.com/home/local/player?newsId=449783 [8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waves_of_mass_migrations_from_Hong_Kong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waves_of_mass_migrations_from_...