The more I read about the shyt, it doesn't seem like China is really being that much of dikkheads against the people of HK. The extradition was on a case by case basis too. The law was even shot down, but China arrested a lot of the protesters and they are in Chinese jails apparently. That still has a lot of the HK cats hot.
Which is exactly what Honk Kong is tight about...because that extradition law was just going to be an excuse for China to throw people in Honk Kong in Jail for whatever reason.
It also doesn't help that the people feel their top officials like Carrie Lam are just doing China's bidding...by doing stuff like enacting a anit mask law...because the number 1 thing you want to tell your angry and frustrated population who is already on the verge of revolt...is that they can't wear a mask while doing it...
And of course you not going to see China out here putting boot to neck on the hong kong people...thats not how they operate...just like you don't see the US with troops in other countries putting boot to neck...cause thats not how we operate neither...
But...ask them other countries how they neck feel though?