What's being said on scmp.com

At least they are consistent in ensuring that we never think that they would really honour any self- determination by the people of HK. I wonder how they expect this will play in Taiwan, which the mainland government somehow thinks cannot wait to give up its freedom to become slaves to the Communist Party.

Makes perfect sense - Hong Kong is a city in China. Would London or Washington allow a radical separatist to be elected to run a major city in England or the USA - no! Hong Kong needs to stop thinking it is a special case, it is not.