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Old 08-14-2019, 08:19 AM   #49
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Originally Posted by savemedrzaius View Post
This is totally true. I 100% agree with everything you said.

But your last paragraph is true for all countries. Like I said, no country is perfect. But to pretend countries like Canada or America are on another level is disingenuous. All countries have inequalities.

Anyways people should come see for themselves.
Well, the last paragraph may be true of all countries to a certain extent, but it is a much more advanced situation in China. This is why being in China may feel as free as being in Canada in daily life for most people, but it is not as free as life in Canada in several ways that would be very important to people coming from liberal democracies. These ways of being free, such as freedom of the press, freedom of expression, political voice, governmental accountability and transparent rule of law are also the types of things important enough to the people of Hong Kong to motivate them to protest. They have even become very important to many Mainland Chinese who moved to HK following the '97 handover.
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