PavelBureOfficial [he/him]
I don’t think Jimmy Lai was actually behind the locust ad, just that Apple Daily let it run, which tbf isn’t much better. Lai is a massive fan of Trump which isn’t a huge surprise.
But yeah there’s a lot of borderline Great Replacement conspiracies in Hong Kong, e.g. 150 mainlanders coming in everyday to take over the place. A lot of HKers fall into this false sense of superiority due to being a colony and having a massive headstart on development, even though said development was largely driven by acting as an entrepot during China’s economic liberalisation.
It’s really shocking the amount of 傻逼老外 that are accepted as China experts on Reddit. I spent most of my life in China and it was always a trip meeting people like that.
I’ve also noticed there’s a notable chud contingent of Americans in Taiwan. I met one who thought if Taiwan allowed everyone to own guns they could stage an effective guerrilla war against a Chinese invasion. Weird shit.