failure of Beijing to introducing this legislation. So what are the other big issues besides this amendment that have people worried? Because this has been the thing that the press has focused on, the international press. But of course we know the international English speaking press captures only a fraction of reality in foreign countries. The Hong Kong people are worrying about a lot of stuff that besides this extradition bill, Hong Kong people have been worrying about this slow tightening of the screw on Hong Kong liberty and freedom that Hong Kong used to enjoy. Is that what it feels like to the Hong Kong citizen that there is a tightening of the screw? And is that also just built out of the cynicism and the expectation that Beijing has designs on Hong Kong in the long term that don't align with what the citizens of Hong Kong want? They've always been suspicious of Beijing. And there's suspicion on one part, the other part and Beijing has been quite courageous to openly talk about (24/39)
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