> "I hope the pro-democracy movement in HK returns to its origins of peaceful demonstrations." Peaceful protests have limits in what can be achieved, if anythi

> "I hope the pro-democracy movement in HK returns to its origins of peaceful demonstrations." Peaceful protests have limits in what can be achieved, if anything, and have actually slowly bit by bit lost a little freedom every year. They've been protesting every July 1 since handover-day 1997 [1], as well as every anniversary of Tiananmen [2], as well as every new year demanding universal suffrage and further influence of mainland China [3]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_1_July_marches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_1_July_marches [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorials_for_the_1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorials_for_the_1989_Tiananm... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_new_year_marches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_new_year_marches