6. Both the radical and moderate factions in Hong Kong are political forces that blackmail mainland China

In Hong Kong, whether they are radicals, moderates, or even the pro-establishment camp, they are all powerful local political forces. They are all adept at continuously extracting excessive political and economic benefits from the central government of China.

The conflict between Hong Kong and the central government stems from the central government’s lack of power to govern Hong Kong, rather than from its overly strict or excessive control. Whether it’s the radical opposition, the moderate opposition, or even the pro-establishment camp (ostensibly pro-central government), they are all powerful political forces in Hong Kong. They collectively and continuously blackmail the central government and repeatedly demand political benefits from it.

At least the “mutual destruction” faction is willing to find a reason for their actions. Other local political forces in Hong Kong, in order to extort the central government and mainlanders, completely disregard any political morality. They don’t even bother to find a pretext for extortion; a slogan like “justifiable opposition” suffices. Even the pro-establishment camp in Hong Kong (the nominally pro-central government faction) doesn’t need the pretext of “justifiable opposition”; they only need to tacitly allow the pan-democrats (the nominally anti-central government forces) to extort the mainland.

Regarding the Hong Kong issue, the central government of mainland China no longer has room to relinquish control. Gradually reclaiming control over Hong Kong and reducing the space for Hong Kong political forces to extort wealth from the mainland is a solution that the mainland must face squarely.

Hong Kong’s local political forces have collectively used various means to extort the central government and mainland citizens.

Different political slogans are different extortion schemes.

The so-called moderate opposition, and even those who appear to be pro-central government, are all political forces that jointly blackmail the central government and the mainland.

The root cause of the Hong Kong issue lies in the central government’s lack of means to govern Hong Kong, rather than excessive governance.

Gradually reclaiming control over Hong Kong is a political solution that the Chinese central government has no choice but to implement.