After weekend, another spasm of violence in Hong Kong. Why isn’t the protest movement petering out after 12 weeks, and what will the government eventually do in response?
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Why doesn’t China put down the protests in Hong Kong? Maybe it doesn’t want to.
While the political and long-term consequences of the protests are still impossible to know, Hong Kong is already experiencing some short-term economic impacts.
Why the Hong Kong protesters feel they have ‘nothing to lose’
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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has indicated she's open to dialogue. But unless she meets the demonstrators' demands, the protest movement isn't going to end anytime soon.
Who are Hong Kong’s protesters?
Hong Kong’s protesters like many Brexiters seek political freedom – but this may come at a heavy price.
The Chinese government has a multi-pronged approach to quell the protests –building support among business elites, putting pressure on companies and ramping up its misinformation campaigns.
What Beijing could learn from the British response to the 1967 Hong Kong riots.
Beijing’s view of the rule of law is very different to what most of the rest of the world understands.
Protesters have adopted new approaches stemming from the failures of the 2014 Umbrella Movement and they are building something that is showing resilience to Beijing’s authoritarianism.
Hong Kong has few recognisable public places and none with the space for huge numbers of protesters. Instead, they have co-opted the streets and digital media as public spaces for protest.
The Umbrella Revolution in Hong Kong is evolving …
Chinese media sees the protests very differently to Western media.
While some argue that Western LGBT+ ideals have no place in Asia, a new ruling in Hong Kong shows that these values have no bearing on the law.
Why the UK should follow the US lead in plans to issue an annual certificate of Hong Kong’s autonomy.
Protests in Hong Kong over a proposed extradition law are the largest in the territory’s history. But not all of the people out in the street share the same tactics or goals.
The occupation of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council building on July 1 was met with calls for ‘zero tolerance’ from mainland China.
Huge protests in Hong Kong against proposed changes to extradition law have put the country’s relationship with China in the spotlight.
A controversial extradition law has been suspended in Hong Kong after more than a week of mass public resistance. Hong Kong’s legal system is one of its few remaining areas of autonomy from China.
Hong Kong’s protesters are galvanised by their cause, but whether they can sustain their momentum and bring about real change remains to be seen.
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Visiting Researcher, the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London; PhD in Law, SOAS, University of London
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