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Opinion

Mainland Chinese lack sympathy for Hong Kong protesters

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

| Hong Kong, Macao

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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