Oh right. Sorry shapogung. It is indeed hard to tell sometimes whether those pro-regime loyalists are serious or not.
Seriously though, what I do find funny is the PRC regime's requirement that any valid CE candidate must "love China". Love? China?
I feel that anyone daring to put themselves on the line for democracy and civil liberties in this corner of China is a genuine patriot.
The problem obviously lies with the unelected PRC government's rather self-serving interpretation of what patriotism and loving China (or Hong Kong) actually means. To the ruling regime it simply means being loyal to and serving the established dictatorship under Communist Party's rule.
Case in point: under the CCP-written loose guidelines also known as the "constitution of PRC", the military and para-military forces aren't charged with protecting the people, the constitution or the state, but the Communist Party itself. "Loving" the former three counts for nothing and can in fact be considered criminal unless one puts the interests of the CCP dictatorship above all else.
People's right to have a say in their own affairs, i.e. democracy, is effectively the PRC's biggest enemy.
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