There is a faction of Hong Kong protesters who are angry, reject non-violence, and are determined to confront police. How a leaderless movement successfully got them to hold back this weekend, in the name of unity, is fascinating. There was no tear gas AT ALL this weekend in HK.
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This ability to stand down, combined with the Hong Kong and Beijing government's inability to concede even the smallest error, have so far prevented China from being able to drive a wedge between protesters and the wider Hong Kong public. Yesterday showed the breadth of support
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Local pro-democracy newspaper
@appledaily_hk also runs a Chinese article on@Pinboard’s tweets today...https://hk.lifestyle.appledaily.com/lifestyle/realtime/article/20190819/59948021 …
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