HONG KONG — A surprisingly festive atmosphere greeted onlookers on Dec. 10, the night before the clearance of Admiralty, the largest campsite for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters, as over 10,000 showed up to play music, distribute souvenirs, and eat hot pot to celebrate what they hoped was a beginning, not an end, to their movement. These demonstrators, who dominated the Admiralty site, believed their movement for universal suffrage in the Chinese territory had set the stage for a political awakening that will be crucial for garnering more public support as part of a long-term struggle. But a small group of …read more
Source: Foreign Policy
