The are only useful when put in the enemy camp:
Protesters face a brighter future in Hong Kong than in exile
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Offers of asylum from some foreign countries and Taiwan are more rhetoric than humanitarianism, as activists are only useful as an irritant to China, not as refugees taking up resources
https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3107839/protesters-face-brighter-future-hong-kong-exile
