Notice how there is next to no discussion about material conditions before and after China's tightened grip on HK other than a few people saying that basically nothing has changed and that the city is still perfectly fine for most people other than covid annoyances that exist basically everywhere now.
really? based.
I think I remember reading that it caused a schism in the protest moment, since a lot of ordinary hong kongers are getting sqeezed by extreme rents, but they are also wary of saying anything that can be interpreted as a praise towards the mainland.