Hong Kong Protests

[birguslatro]

I've been following the Hong Kong protests as best I can. This is a good insight into the cost to those protesting...

https://popula.com/2019/07/06/the-face-of-protest-in-hong-kong/

The New Zealand government sort of has to take sides on this, due to this court ruling landing in their lap...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/113387161/china-extradition-decision-profound-and-important-human-rights-victory

I can't guess which way they'll go.

Comments

[allwhowonder]

This is the Hong Kong student activist crowd in September of 2012, although this video in particular is later at night and a more generalized audience would join by then: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebM-WkAY4r8

[birguslatro]

The general demeanor of the Hong Kong protesters is fascinating. There's no sense it's very organized, more that it's just something that's happened naturally. A less mob-like crowd would be hard to find. They deserve to succeed.