Kristie Lu Stout tells Time Out that activism in HK is a "miracle" because "Hong Kong is a Chinese city after all."
Kristie, we don't expect you to go to bed with the HK Basic Law and the PRC Constitution sandwiching your pillow at night. On the other hand, the SAR part of HKSAR (which is pretty much on every map in the past decade and a half, ever, or on just about every company addressed letter) should be a dead give away that HK is a SAR, not a city.
We forgive you, though. One, Hong Kong City has a nice ring to it and sounds less like a virus than Hong Kong SAR. Two, it's a tough gig to be the poor man's Olivia Munn of CNN and there's a lot on your mind.