WecametotheunderstandingthattheMainlandChinahas a completelydifferentsystemandquiterepressiveaswellbecausewehaveseenalltheatrocitiesoftheculturalrevolution.
I rememberasearlyas 1983, I toldmywife, whowaswithmeinBeijing, quietlythatunlessChinascrappeditscurrentpoliticalsystem, whenChinagetrichoneday, itwillpose a threattotheworld.
Partofmethinksthatevenif I gobacktoHongKong, evenif I getjailedfor, let's say, 5 yearsor 10 years, I thoughtitcouldbeworthitjustbecausethatiswhere I grewupandthatismyhome, right?
AllthestrategiesChinausedtoconvertHongKong, toconvertHongKongfrom a... from a freesocietyintoautho⏤[an] authoritarianone [is] inoperationinyoursociety.