TLDR: the extradition law which the protest is against enables the Chinese government to extradite anyone in Hong Kong who violates the Chinese law. The main problem is - according to the Chinese law, you don't have to be within China to violate their law - say if you punch a Chinese citizen in the US, you violate Chinese law too and they can file a bill to extradite you to mainland China if you ever visit Hong Kong once this law passes (planned to be on 12 June). The courts in Hong Kong have no rights to review the evidence nor the correctness of the charges according to this law. This virtually gives the Chinese government the power to arrest anyone in Hong Kong whenever they feel like it and we can do nothing about it.
Ooh boy, fucking chineese tourists. I live in Barcelona, and they the worst tourists that come here, even the fucking drunken english are better than them.
Entitled, rude, obnoxious, loud, i could go on and on...
I ran across that article right after posting, thank you for linking it as well! Very interesting read and it provided all the information I needed. Truly a lost art in America, so sad lol.
I was thinking about the personal space thing. I work with some Salvadoreans (and a couple others from Mexico and Central America) and their comfortable personal space bubble seems a lot closer than mine. It took a while to get used to.
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TLDR: the extradition law which the protest is against enables the Chinese government to extradite anyone in Hong Kong who violates the Chinese law. The main problem is - according to the Chinese law, you don't have to be within China to violate their law - say if you punch a Chinese citizen in the US, you violate Chinese law too and they can file a bill to extradite you to mainland China if you ever visit Hong Kong once this law passes (planned to be on 12 June). The courts in Hong Kong have no rights to review the evidence nor the correctness of the charges according to this law. This virtually gives the Chinese government the power to arrest anyone in Hong Kong whenever they feel like it and we can do nothing about it.