I really admire your art and the messages behind them, I really do. However, this is just something I am really annoyed by. These "protestors" were supposedly fighting against an extradition bill that they didn't even understand what this bill was even about. This extradition amendment bill WAS a bill that was supposed to fix a loophole wherein an actual murderer escaped from Taiwan to Hong Kong. He was able to do this because there was no extradition agreement between the two regions at the time. Legal experts agreed and it was understood by both Hong Kong and Taiwanese authorities that if he were to be arrested on murder charges, there needed to be a special amendment created for this case. In this amendment bill, they'd already built in barriers to prevent Mainland China from extraditing political prisoners, on the basis that the prisoners had to be extradited on crimes that are chargeable on both sides of the border. In addition, the SAR courts would have had to review it if it involved political persecution. Sounds reasonable to me, yet these idiots didn't do their research and decided to set HK on fire. This bill is now dead, and now murderers can walk free in HK. Yay, murder party! The violence only got worse from there on. All the Western news media that we see are also biased and claim this is a fight for the greater good, but is it really? The protestor who lost an eye was injured before the police even got there. Chinese reporters who only came to HK to report the events were attacked and the police had to save them! Do you really think this is the only instance of "protestors" clashing with police? What about France and the Yellow-Vest Movement? Ferguson was worse than this! The protestors were actually peaceful, but the police still attacked them. What's happening in HK aren't protests, these are riots.
People say this is a fight for Democracy and Freedom, but is it really? In one instance, an elderly gentleman knocked down a placard because he didn't agree with the "protestors". What did they do in response? Circled him, yelling insults, and physically assaulted him. This is Democracy? This is what people fight for? This is the ideal government structure that people want? Crushing opposing opinions and unjustly hurting those who disagree? This is NOT Democracy in any sense of the word! This is CHAOS!! If this is what all of you want and what Democracy stands for, then count me out.
I am Chinese American, born under the banner of democracy and this is ridiculous. Do your research, look up unbiased news reports or the original source on this topic. Look, I understand that the Chinese government has a bad rep of abusing power, but the US ain't that great either. Look who we have as president and what he has done. He has placed a climate change denier in charge of the EPA, he has put children of illegal immigrants in cages, and shootings have happened that were inspired by his white supremacist rhetoric. All of this and more in a supposed democratic country. This isn't our problem to begin with and yet we are poking our noses in a domestic problem.
P.S. You want to talk about corruption, take a look at your own government and tell me if there is no damn corruption. Make sure your own house is clean first before criticizing how your neighbor cleans their house.