> they can just wait it out and let the protests paralyze Hong Kong until even local sentiments turn against them 1.7 million protestors means the protest is t

> they can just wait it out and let the protests paralyze Hong Kong until even local sentiments turn against them 1.7 million protestors means the protest is the local sentiment. The vast majority of native HKers are fully behind the protests. As would you be if your lifetime home was being forcefully taken over by China.