The upside of this is that having experienced the pains of 100 years of colonial status and of this first decade "under" China, the people of Hong Kong are finally starting to feel they've made it through the tough times and can begin to move forward.
從好處看，經過百年殖民以及回歸初期的陣痛，如今港人終於有了一種「熬過來了，自此歲月悠長起來了」的感覺。