Do you have any poll/survey results to support your claim that Hong Kongers keep on protesting because they feel economically less important to China? How can you attribute the protests to purely economic reasons and ignore this even more important political factor?
Second, Hong Kong is still extremely important economically to China:
> Hong Kong riots where sparked because China wanted to extradite someone who murdered his girlfriend in Taiwan and then went to hide in HK to avoid extradition.
First, 93% of protesters were angry due to the lack of universal suffrage. That’s the number one reason for anger, according to a survey. (http://theconversation.com/hong-kong-protesters-dont-identif...)
Do you have any poll/survey results to support your claim that Hong Kongers keep on protesting because they feel economically less important to China? How can you attribute the protests to purely economic reasons and ignore this even more important political factor?
Second, Hong Kong is still extremely important economically to China:
* It accounts for about 70% of foreign direct investment (FDI) to China (https://santandertrade.com/en/portal/establish-overseas/chin...).
* Lots of mainland companies opt to list at Hong Kong stock exchange rather than Shanghai, e.g. Alibaba
Other reasons why Hong Kong is important:
https://www.piie.com/blogs/china-economic-watch/why-china-st...
> Hong Kong riots where sparked because China wanted to extradite someone who murdered his girlfriend in Taiwan and then went to hide in HK to avoid extradition.
This was an excuse that has been debunked:
http://shanghaiist.com/2019/06/16/taiwan-lambasts-hong-kong-...