Mainland Chinese lack sympathy for Hong Kong protesters

Emerging from its shadow, mainlanders feel city has become selfish and unruly

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Mainlanders, opposing the protests, do not understand that the freedoms Hong Kongers are fighting for are ones they have already lost. © AP

You might assume that China's extensive censorship, which blocks important and nuanced information, is to blame for the growing antipathy between Hong Kongers and mainland Chinese.

Online comments from mainlanders I have read said protesters against the proposed extradition law, including the peaceful majority, were "selfish, unrealistic and spoiled" and "traitors."

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