The situation that protests have created in Hong Kong is bizarre. If that were happening here in San Francisco, we'd have martial law, and the California National Guard would be using live ammo. This entire place would reek of teargas.
The demands of the demonstrators have good reasons, but the chaos is untenable. It is hard to see this ending well. Hong Kongers might do well to reflect on the indefensibility of their little paradise if the tanks start rolling across the border.
Whether or not there are sufficient legal niceties if someone is extradited may be utterly immaterial when someone wearing PLA green is barking orders at you in Mandarin.
And speaking of which, Mainlanders are easily identified in San Francisco and Berkeley, so gloating by those people might prove dangerous for them. This isn't directly relevant to the nominal subject of this essay, but it is germane.
Accent, language, behaviour, manners, attitudes ......
嘿，你的口音......
All sides need to carefully consider where they go from here.
So do vulnerable Mainlanders in the Bay Area.
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