Hong Kong: don’t snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

Which way will it go? Impossible to say, but a major obstacle to a negotiated outcome is that the protesters have deliberately avoided having recognized leaders.

Hong Kong protesters, pictured Aug. 18, 2019. The protesters have been remarkably determined and successful. They have already managed to force Chief Executive Carrie Lam to drop her proposed law that would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be extradited and tried in Chinese courts. That would have ended the rule of law in the city, since Chinese courts do whatever the regime wants.Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikipedia

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

December 2, 2019

LONDON, U.K.—The ‘silent majority’ in Hong Kong, who regime supporters hoped would show that they are fed up with the pro-democracy protests that have shaken the city in the past five months, turns out to be not only silent but non-existent. At the beginning of district council elections on N...

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