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What's up with Hong Kong?

[Disclaimer: The author is human and is prone to bias. If you find factual errors or inconsistencies, please mention it in the comments for others to know. If you find that I have missed out on some events, also mention it in the comments. This article is mainly a secondary review and all the statements made in the article are backed by appropriate sources. Please don’t sue me.] Aye yo Monil! What’s up with Hong Kong? Also, make it quick. I have a lecture in about 12 minutes. So a guy murdered his girlfriend. And fast forward one year, this shit-storm erupted. … Okay okay, it isn’t that simple in reality. Here’s what really happened: Chan Tong-kai and Poon Hiu-wing went to Taipei for a romantic holiday around Valentine’s Day in 2018. However, only Chan returned from the trip. Later, he would tell the Hong Kong police that he had strangled Poon, stuffed her body in a suitcase and dumped it in the bushes near a subway station in Taipei [1]. Here starts the problem - the Hong Kong govern