I would be very surprised not to see an announcement coming that Hong Kong district elections (scheduled for 24 November) are postponed or cancelled. But I am routinely very surprised!
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Imagine this happening in your city after five months of protest, and your government having nothing to say. The silence from Carrie Lam is no longer surprising, but still remarkable.
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The profound cynicism of the police blocking every exit at Polytechnic University and then urging protesters via loudspeaker to leave is an exact microcosm of the situation Hong Kong finds itself in. Cornered, desperate, and being told to stop hurting itself by its oppressors
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Did the students barricade themselves in and throw petrol bombs, shoot arrows and block a major tunnel? Or this the police force them to do this as well?
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