One can almost understand why China’s leaders should be baffled by this show of defiance in Hong Kong. After all, the British simply appointed governors when Hong Kong was still a crown colony, and nobody protested then.
你几乎可以理解为何中国领导人为何应该对这场香港的反抗秀感到困惑。毕竟，当香港还是殖民地时，英国也任命执政者，当时没有人示威游行。