it was the workers who were protesting for an independent city state. you are letting one imperial power convince you it’s not an imperial power simply based on aesthetic. the idea that hong kong protestors on the ground were capital class is absurd. the people’s republic of china is communist/socialist in name and aesthetic only. it is functionally a state with a select few who control the means of production and uses that power to maintain control. being a capitalist-imperial power in apparent opposition to another does not justify being a capitalist-imperial power. the people of the world will not be made free by the CCP’s controlling power expanding their power. the people of the world will be made free by true solidarity amongst the workers in opposition to the three imperial powers of america, russia, and china