I can understand that, I fear they are fighting a losing battle though. I listened to a commentator over the weekend talking about this whole business. He said

I can understand that, I fear they are fighting a losing battle though. I listened to a commentator over the weekend talking about this whole business. He said that China have very many economic levers they can apply to HK to get their way and that military force is still a very distant option. The first thing that will happen is that Carrie Lam will be pushed aside and replaced with someone more hardline. They won't do it now because it would look like a victory for the protesters.