Commentary
By the time this article is out, Hong Kong would have already been hit by a tropical storm Ma-On (馬鞍) that will bring already a “quiet” Hong Kong to a standstill. Damages done by a typhoon are acute, and the city always recovers and goes back to normalcy.
But for those who still remain in the city, have constantly witnessed the dismantling process getting worse by the day, since the social movement in 2019 and subsequently with the COVID “zero tolerance” policy. How quickly will Hong Kong turn into just another Chinese city, with a high level of surveillance and restriction of freedoms? It is all happening now….