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今日寫咗篇嘢俾外國同事簡略介紹香港呢兩個月嘅事，打算投埋稿俾NY Times
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A series of protests has entered its 10th week with no end in sight. While the withdrawal of the Extradition Bill is very much still on the agenda, much of the public ire has shifted to the Hong Kong Police Force. The HKPF has joined Carrie Lam, the embattled Chief Executive, as the number one public enemy by using excessively violent and at times inhumane, tactics in dispersing the protesters through countless of biased arrests as a means to persecute dissidents and setting the violent gangs, who performed multiple untargeted attacks on the streets, at large.
In an attempt to restore the order, Carrie Lam has so far been alleged to deploy the police behind the scenes as the sole weapon of choice to “resolve” the unrest on the street so as to sustain her administration. That approached has only fuelled public anger with every additional arrest and casualty – one young lady had her eye shot by the police with a baton round which resulted in permanent blindness of that eye on Sunday. Ugly scenes between the protesting crowds and the “police dogs” are on repeat several times a week.
Many now realize peaceful demonstrations are ineffective while radical behaviors only pile up the number of injured and arrestees. The latest strategy is to hit where it hurts the city most – the economy. A strike was held on August 5 to mixed effect. While it was wide in terms of scale, participation was largely confined to smaller businesses whose temporary shutdown was of an inconvenience to some; larger corporations tend to have great ties with the Mainland; some didn’t buy into that particular method of protesting (working class in Hong Kong are known for its loyalty to their jobs that borders the ridiculous); some were simply against the protest itself (there is still a sizable camp in Hong Kong who firmly believe these protests are US-funded movements attepting to destablize China). Then there is the unsustainability – most working men and women are not prepared to risk losing their jobs to participate in prolonged strikes.
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In an attempt to restore the order, Carrie Lam has so far been alleged to deploy the police behind the scenes as the sole weapon of choice to “resolve” the unrest on the street so as to sustain her administration. That approached has only fuelled public anger with every additional arrest and casualty – one young lady had her eye shot by the police with a baton round which resulted in permanent blindness of that eye on Sunday. Ugly scenes between the protesting crowds and the “police dogs” are on repeat several times a week.
Many now realize peaceful demonstrations are ineffective while radical behaviors only pile up the number of injured and arrestees. The latest strategy is to hit where it hurts the city most – the economy. A strike was held on August 5 to mixed effect. While it was wide in terms of scale, participation was largely confined to smaller businesses whose temporary shutdown was of an inconvenience to some; larger corporations tend to have great ties with the Mainland; some didn’t buy into that particular method of protesting (working class in Hong Kong are known for its loyalty to their jobs that borders the ridiculous); some were simply against the protest itself (there is still a sizable camp in Hong Kong who firmly believe these protests are US-funded movements attepting to destablize China). Then there is the unsustainability – most working men and women are not prepared to risk losing their jobs to participate in prolonged strikes.
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And that took us to The Airport.
Sit-ins at the Hong Kong International Airport on Monday and Tuesday were largely viewed as the trump card to put the government’s mettle to the most serious test. Monday’s gathering caused hundreds of flight cancellations, which stranded tens of thousands of travellers, costing $13billion of estimated lost in air cargo revenue. Only a milder disruption was caused on Day 2 protest, but it did not fail to make international headlines. Violence again erupted in the evening after the police decided to intervene in response to the call from the staff of the airport. Police actions, however, were relatively mild compared to Sunday, seemingly wary to the presence of visitors and shops inside the airport.
Rumours of deploying the Chinese People’s Liberation Army have been circulated since the last few weeks. Those rumours came under the limelight when President Trump tweeted on US time Tuesday afternoon. Most still viewed that rumours are unlikely to come to reality as that comes at a high cost. Deployment of the garrison essentially hammers the final nail on the “One-Country-Two Systems” coffin. A series of chain reactions ensues - foreign assets and investments would be withdrawn from the region if Hong Kong is to lose its “Special Administrative Region” status; international sanctions against China will have been pending, not least from the US whom they are engaging in a trade war with. It also gives ammunitions to president Tsai-Eng-Wen’s re-election in Taiwan next year, potentially adding to a long list of problems that President Xi is already facing. There are huge economic and political costs that China is not prepared to pay.
As for the protesting crowd, some has vowed to keep on fighting. Others, while still fighting, actually favour the troops marching across the border, seeking for a pyrrhic loss. “If we burn, you burn with us”, one of the most widely seen banners around protests, captioned from the dystopian trilogy, Hunger Games. As Carrie Lam has recently labelled the protesting youth as “individuals with no stakes in society”, they challenge China to push the nuclear button on Hong Kong and let the dust settle.
But for now, the fight persists. Another demonstration is set to take place this weekend, and for many involved on either side, another Saturday comes a new battle. As of now, there is still no foreseeable end. Neither the protesters, the senior officials of the Government nor the politicians know how to put an end to this conflict.
Sit-ins at the Hong Kong International Airport on Monday and Tuesday were largely viewed as the trump card to put the government’s mettle to the most serious test. Monday’s gathering caused hundreds of flight cancellations, which stranded tens of thousands of travellers, costing $13billion of estimated lost in air cargo revenue. Only a milder disruption was caused on Day 2 protest, but it did not fail to make international headlines. Violence again erupted in the evening after the police decided to intervene in response to the call from the staff of the airport. Police actions, however, were relatively mild compared to Sunday, seemingly wary to the presence of visitors and shops inside the airport.
Rumours of deploying the Chinese People’s Liberation Army have been circulated since the last few weeks. Those rumours came under the limelight when President Trump tweeted on US time Tuesday afternoon. Most still viewed that rumours are unlikely to come to reality as that comes at a high cost. Deployment of the garrison essentially hammers the final nail on the “One-Country-Two Systems” coffin. A series of chain reactions ensues - foreign assets and investments would be withdrawn from the region if Hong Kong is to lose its “Special Administrative Region” status; international sanctions against China will have been pending, not least from the US whom they are engaging in a trade war with. It also gives ammunitions to president Tsai-Eng-Wen’s re-election in Taiwan next year, potentially adding to a long list of problems that President Xi is already facing. There are huge economic and political costs that China is not prepared to pay.
As for the protesting crowd, some has vowed to keep on fighting. Others, while still fighting, actually favour the troops marching across the border, seeking for a pyrrhic loss. “If we burn, you burn with us”, one of the most widely seen banners around protests, captioned from the dystopian trilogy, Hunger Games. As Carrie Lam has recently labelled the protesting youth as “individuals with no stakes in society”, they challenge China to push the nuclear button on Hong Kong and let the dust settle.
But for now, the fight persists. Another demonstration is set to take place this weekend, and for many involved on either side, another Saturday comes a new battle. As of now, there is still no foreseeable end. Neither the protesters, the senior officials of the Government nor the politicians know how to put an end to this conflict.
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