This was supposed to be a dumb question thread and instead they are all excellent, and HK experts are weighing in on them. Sad to see what has become of Twitter.
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It would seem that even a small amount of police oversight and accountability would go a long way toward keeping the middle class on the government side. Why has there been zero movement in that direction. Does the government think it doesn't need people's support?
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Which international financial actors are betting on the demise of the protest?
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That's outside my expertise so I will summon
@Birdyword from his mountain fortress of solitude to answer. Singapore stands to benefit from whatever HK loses, so that would be my gun-to-head answer.
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Are Hong Kong’s minority groups getting in on the act? I saw video of a white/British Hong Konger standing up to police the other day and it caught me off guard.
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Yes and no! Two big minority groups in Hong Kong are the 380K domestic workers, almost all Filipina and Indonesian women, who have been left on the periphery of protest. I'd love to see a march specifically in support of them. But I've seen a lot of South Asians in the protests
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What concession by the government would end the protests?
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Universal suffrage, and even then they wouldn't end until after the vote, because no one trusts the government. As late as August, an independent commission on police violence, some level of amnesty, and formal withdrawal of the extradition bill would have been enough.
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My understanding is that the deal made with the British means that Hong Kong will eventually revert to Chinese rule. What’s the long-term goal for the protests? Is there one? Or is it just about preventing that deadline coming early?
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Hong Kong is supposed to revert in 2047. The details were always hand-waved. Right now, both sides are stuck. The government is not allowed to concede anything by Bejing, and if the protests lose momentum, the participants will over time be rounded up and go to prison.
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