This summer, we have heard a lot about protests in Hong Kong. People there did not like an extradition bill that would send some criminals back to mainland China. Last Wednesday, Hong Kong's Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, said she would scrap the bill. But is that enough to satisfy the protesters?

A Reno native has been capturing the protests all summer long on Facebook Live. He believes the protests will continue. 

“Monitoring all of this has an obsession and kind of hard to avoid because of the area I live in Hong Kong," said Christopher Moore. 

Moore grew up in Reno. His family still lives here. However, Moore called Hong Kong ‘home’ since 2015. The protests began in early June, and Moore has been in the thick of it. 

“It really reminded me of those early years of Burning Man," he said. 

Moore doesn’t expect the protests to completely go away, though. People still want Lam to leave.

“One of the five demands the protesters are calling for are for her to step down," he said. 

But Moore expects the activity to not be as intense following the news of the extradition bill being pulled. 

“My thought was 'what am I going to do now on the weekend evenings?' It was almost like a big event, or a sports thing. It’s not good but it’s quite exciting.” 

The world paid attention to Hong Kong this summer. However, Moore believes China will grab headlines in the years ahead as the Communist nation becomes more powerful. 

“They’re getting influence around the world. They’re saying they want to be at the table and they deserve to be and they can play by our rules. But they never have.”

6,922 miles. That is the distance between Reno and Hong Kong. 7,000 miles might seem like a world away, but the implications of what Moore describes as a dangerous nation.  

“If you ask me, that’s why it matters," he said. "If you any ounce of humanity or empathy for other people, and if you like your freedom, I think stopping China and understanding more about the Chinese Communist Party operates, what they mean and their strategic plans that they’ve been executing.”

If there is anything positive to come out of the last few months: it’s this. Moore was able to see history as it happened, and see the birth of an entirely new culture.       

“I’ve actually watched culture be created here," he said. "The art, the protest art, and all of the stuff? None of that was here before.”

Lam said she would officially withdraw the extradition bill in October. However, some of her critics say that they want assurance that the bill will forever be dead and not postponed into the future.

As for Chris, he tells us he has no plans of moving from Hong Kong anytime soon. He likes it there and might apply for permanent residence.