[woutr_be]

> The protests in 2019 were very different. It looked crazy on television, but in person it actually wasn't very scary. I lived in a neighborhood with a lot of immigrants from Fujian province who got in a big brawl with protesters half a block from my flat.

Did you also live in North Point? I still remember the eerie vibes of the days after, almost every single shop was closed, and corners were guarded by certain people. A couple of days after, I went out for a walk, and came home to a standoff between protesters and riot police. I ended up going to Macau for a couple of days so to avoid the chaos.

I also felt that as a foreigner it was rather difficult, protesters would assume you're on their side, until you slightly criticized some of their actions, then you were just labelled as misinformed, and "you wouldn't understand as a foreigner". So I mostly just stuck to myself and refrained from discussing it with locals.

[KMag]

Yes, in North Point, right over the Wellcome near the MTR station. It was also right near the pedestrian overpass to the Chun Yeung Street Wet Market. (The overpass was covered when I moved in, but one morning the homeless encampment on the bridge caught fire and damaged the roofing enough that the roofing was removed. I don't remember if the fire was before or after the protests.)

[charlieyu1]

Chinese thugs in North Point were seen assaulting protesters with knifes

[woutr_be]

How did I ignore it? I know it was North Point because the reference to Chinese gangsters, I also lived there, I know what happened. Never denied what happened.