Hi Nick, I did look at the video and I do agree, David Brophy is not unreasonable in his approach, however, like many others who are "experts" or" China Academicians" I find his views somewhat stilted, one sided and very much out of date - for example, he talks about the "erosion of democracy in HK". Has there ever been a period of time in HK's history when they ever had democray to erode? The answer to that, is no, there hasn't. Democracy in HK was not a given, nor was it a promise, autonomy was, but with Basic Law, Section 23, was a proposal to build a National Security Law. The idea that lawmakers must swear allegiance to the country they represent is not a peculiarity of HK, every lawmake in the world must do so and people seem to forget that HK is part of China - one country, two systems, but one Country is China - I recomment you take a look at some of the recent work of independent journalist Nury Vittachi to see what I mean. Same with Xinjiang, Brophy has an academic interest in Xinjiang, but has he actually been there and spoken with any of the 10 million Uyghurs there, any of the regions religious leaders or educational leaders? Or, is he, like so many others getting his information from the Uyghur Diaspora - I've been there and don't hold the same views he holds. Not one Islamic country seems to share his views either and they have sent representatives to the region - hence the one-sided view I feel he takes. I do agree that Brophy is better than the usual "expert" on China, I just think there are some very important limitations based on biases and lack of access to the regions he's an expert on.