1. Hong Kong loses its status as the gateway into China by being undifferentiated from the rest of China. This is the way it is likely going at the moment.

2. Hong Kong becomes independent and definitely is not a gateway to China, and actively hostile to boot. In addition it loses the cheapest route of supplies across the land border. It doesn't have enough land to support its large and dense population. This is particularly the case for fresh water.

Xinjiang is not better, being landlocked and with basically zero economic importance. At least it has some land though.

Provide actual evidence that 1 million+ people are actually detained. Exactly how big of a government building do you need to house that many people. Surely, you can see this giant building from Google Maps. So prove it.

And also, there are thousands of people in Yemen that are getting killed now, by the Saudis, and using American weapons from Lockheed, Raytheon, and Boeing. But mysteriously, there isn’t a peep about this in western media.

Will the tech community also stand up for these poor Yemen people?