Since the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997 the People's Republic of China has tried to gain more control over the city in spite the One Country - Two Systems agreement. In 2003 half a million Hong Kong people marched against Article 23. In 2014 the Umbrella Movement occupied Hong Kong Central for months. In 2017 Xi Jinping claimed the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong to be a 'historical document that no longer has any realistic meaning'. In the past weeks two million people were marching against the extradition bill. It is interesting what is happening at the moment. Here is an interesting article mentioning Neera Chandhoke's "politics of voice" and describing the changes of civic space over the past decades.
The recent events in Hong Kong have also affected Taiwan. Hong Kong Chinese are fleeing to Taiwan. The Taiwanese have become more aware that they might be the next Hong Kong.
The whole world is reporting on what is happening in Hong Kong. On the Chinese "Google" Baidu first not a single word is mentioned about the demonstrations showing to what extent the Chinese Internet is a national Intranet. Now Chinese censors are creating an alternative reality about what is happening in Hong Kong. The Chinese propaganda system with its one truth and censorship is like any extreme monotheist religion.
Today, on the 1st of July 2019, China celebrates the 22th year of the return of Hong Kong. While protesters in Hong Kong have entered into the legislative council in Hong Kong and shocking media images are sent across the world, China's CCTV shows images of the celebration of the handover that must prove how happy Hong Kong people are.