I am well aware of the history. You are delusional. CIA or not, claiming Chinese laws don't qualify as "draconian" is absolutely retarded. Allowing extradition from Hong Kong would make every Hong Kong citizen subject to all Chinese laws. These people want to be free from being put in Chinese internment camps for political crimes. It seems more likely the protests were staged by China in order to justify their crack down on the protests. China has plenty of internal conflict without the CIA needing to be involved.
You are right. No need any interference from CIA in those protests. Though being freed from China since 1997, Hongkong never really seemed like a part of China due to the difference in legal system, culture and GDP per capita. To connect Hongkong with mainland, China has spent 10 years to built HZMB: Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, the world's bridge-cum-tunnel sea crossing:
The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge (HZMB), officially the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge, is a 55-kilometre (34 mi) bridge–tunnel system consisting of a series of three cable-stayed bridges, an undersea tunnel, and four artificial islands. It is both the longest sea crossing[5][6] and the longest open-sea fixed link on earth. The HZMB spans the Lingding and Jiuzhou channels, connecting Hong Kong, Macau, and Zhuhai—three major cities on the Pearl River Delta.[7][8]
The HZMB is the geographical connection between China mainland and Hongkong. And the extradition law will be the beginning of legal connection. If this law was approved, it would pave the way for many more laws to be prevail on this special administrative region, including the fierce
social credit system. Under mainland's strict surveillance, there would be no protests in Hongkong anymore, if yes, it'd be another
Tiananmen Square tragedy. Clearly Hongkong citizens have already been well aware of how Beijing government treats Inner Mongolia, Xizang or Xinjiang autonomous zones and don't want it happen on them.
However, Hongkong is not Taiwan. Protests won't help them fight against China mainland. Sooner or later, in one way or another, Beijing will have it in hands.