I must say I’m very surprised that your HK and TW people share your views. I don’t know any Hong Kongers or Taiwanese but most people I know (generally northerners, which is ironic) have more, shall we say, nuanced opinions.

Does Trump think you just kick dogs out of your home and they go away?

If you live near immigrants, yes.

Cool, how long did you live there? Do you still have contacts on the mainland?

Eh, they were also instrumental in defeating Napoleon, which counts for a lot.

It’s very difficult to talk about the English Empire as the world’s premier opium cartel without taking a bit of the blush off the rose of liberal democracy and free market capitalism. These historical blemishes get dusted over for a reason.

I agree, but that reflex is unfortunate because the ability to openly discuss and confront those things is what sets democracies apart from totalitarian states. You could never see that kind of frank introspection in China regarding June 4th '89, for example.

Please see my reply to UnderpantsWeevil

Do these citizens not trust their government’s thorough and stringent safety regulations?

Twin towers? More like the TRANS TOWERS built by WOKE GLOBALISTS destroying the fabric of our COUNTRY!

Nah, it was just a throwaway joke, the west obviously doesn’t intend to colonize China this time. What they did in the 19th century was egregious, though, and should be much more common knowledge than it is.