Demonstrators clash with police at a protest in 2019. Photo: Jimmy Lam/USP & HKFP. The following post was originally written by Lea Mok in the Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) on July 16, 2022. It is published on Global Voices under a content partnership agreement with HKFP. Three years after months of mass protests and unrest rocked the city of Hong Kong (2019-2020), city officials insist they have restored stability and have predicted a bright future for its people. A mass protest with more than a million people took to the street in 2019 against China-extradition legislation had turned into viol…