Dave 70 might like to tell us in which country he lives as this may throw some light on the differences in perspective between him and Serious Fun.
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@harryopal, of course I live in Indonesia that's why I am in this forum. But I travel a lot and have been doing business in the Greater China area (which includes Hong Kong). I know Serious Fun lives in HK, but I may know more about HK and China than he does. One problem with SF is that he supports or sympathizes with the anti-government movement in HK, that's why his comments are hateful, biased and exaggerated (e.g. post #81 "
Nobody here in HK respects or trusts the mainland government", post #77 "
Nobody trusts the HK Gov't anymore", post #55 "
Only a fool would trust the Chinese gov't with anything").
But I never said a word that he is racist, so there must be a misunderstanding. On post #156, I was referring to the Western media. On the contrary, SF was insinuating that I'm a "wumao" which is derogatory (see post #147 "
The wumao is a funny sort of person") and a communist (also post #147 "
Here in Hong Kong we have cadres in every district and well-funded United Front groups").
And just because I have different views, I must be a Chinese (see post #148 "
You are relentless in your defense of tyranny. Isn't it amazing how some people are persuaded by nationalism and/or propaganda", and post #147 "
ooops! Sorry - some of them have been arrested by your government").
With many people becoming more anxious about the Corona virus it becomes increasingly easy to slip into comments which may seem racist. At the same time we have seen Chinese students in Australia claiming racism because of restrictions now on return of Chinese from the mainland to Australia. If that were so then it might be said Chinese in Hong Kong are "racist" for seeking tighter restrictions on mainlanders going to Hong Kong.
To me, it's not racism. Australians are just trying to protect their own country just as HK people wants to protect their own territory. But for your information, some HK people do not consider themselves as Chinese but as Hong Kongers.
I think one can then regard with scorn and even sarcasm as to the official line from the Chinese Communist Government without being racist.
Who's talking the "official line"? Afu Thomas is German ( post #129), Nathan Rich is American (post #142), and Numuves is Canadian (post #156). Nobody is even Chinese here.