The full story of the Hong Kong protests: why this is not over
After 2 million, which is 28% of the Hong Kong population, took to the streets on 16 th June, some colleagues, especially those who do not read Chinese, congratulated me for the impressive result. This is when I realize that, most people, especially the English speaking world, may not have been exposed to enough information on Hong Kong, and could have been misled into believing that the protesters have won and life can now resume to normal. In fact, this is far from being the case. We had four demands on 16 th June: 1. Withdraw the bill, not suspend 2. Government must admit 12 th June incident was not a riot and release the protesters arrested on 12 th June 3. Police to admit their responsibility for the violence on 12 th June 4. Carrie Lam to step down as CE Carrie Lam convened a press conference on 18 th June. We were all waiting for her to at least respond to one or two of those demands. But that never happened. Except reiterating her apology
