A siege buys time for international sanctions to be felt at home. If they go all in with the violence that would inflame the situation and possibly unite Hong

A siege buys time for international sanctions to be felt at home. If they go all in with the violence that would inflame the situation and possibly unite Hong Kong against them. It's really, really, really hard to rule over millions of people who don't want you there. There's fine line they have to walk between inflaming the situation and acting too slowly.