“Think about your mother.”The confrontation made clear that the protest movement that has upended Hong Kong for months as citizens condemned meddling from the mainland is at a crossroads. “Now Beijing has a good excuse to become even more uncompromising,” said Jean-Pierre Cabestan, a political scientist at Hong Kong Baptist University. On Monday, Hong Kong social media was filled with pleas for the protesters to return to non-destructive methods. For weeks, the Hong Kong protest movement had stayed on the high road. The protesters now risk helping President Xi Jinping of China justify his desire for tighter control of Hong Kong, analysts say.

Source: bd News24 July 02, 2019 07:18 UTC