<story><title>As Protesters Fill Hong Kong’s Streets, Businesses Are Alarmed, Too</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/12/business/hong-kong-china-protests-business.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>theslurmmustflo</author><text>Is there police from mainland China or are they local to HK? Would they always side with mainland interests?</text></item><item><author>kenneth</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m in Hong Kong and went to the protests today. This feels like a continuation of the &amp;#x27;14 umbrella movement, which was ended by police force, and which left up pent-up anger in the whole population. It&amp;#x27;s the biggest protest since the march in &amp;#x27;97 when HK was handed over to China from British rule.&lt;p&gt;When I was there, the protests were peaceful, but you could certainly feel a tension building up, with the crowds gathering metal poles and bricks. I spoke to the police a few times and they were nice and friendly, but were doing their job. There is absolutely zero question that almost the entire HK population opposes the extradition bill which sparked this whole mess. Unfortunately, there&amp;#x27;s little that can be done… &amp;quot;one country two system&amp;quot; hasn&amp;#x27;t been abided to by China for a long time, and there&amp;#x27;s nothing the population or the Brits can do about it.&lt;p&gt;(My perspective is that of a foreigner who recently moved here, not a life-long hongkonger. Feel free to ask me anything.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>spacehunt</author><text>Local HK police, of which most have a deep hatred towards the protestors since the 2014 Occupy and have been waiting for opportunities to carry out revenge. Such sentiments were on full display yesterday.</text></comment>
<story><title>As Protesters Fill Hong Kong’s Streets, Businesses Are Alarmed, Too</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/12/business/hong-kong-china-protests-business.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>theslurmmustflo</author><text>Is there police from mainland China or are they local to HK? Would they always side with mainland interests?</text></item><item><author>kenneth</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m in Hong Kong and went to the protests today. This feels like a continuation of the &amp;#x27;14 umbrella movement, which was ended by police force, and which left up pent-up anger in the whole population. It&amp;#x27;s the biggest protest since the march in &amp;#x27;97 when HK was handed over to China from British rule.&lt;p&gt;When I was there, the protests were peaceful, but you could certainly feel a tension building up, with the crowds gathering metal poles and bricks. I spoke to the police a few times and they were nice and friendly, but were doing their job. There is absolutely zero question that almost the entire HK population opposes the extradition bill which sparked this whole mess. Unfortunately, there&amp;#x27;s little that can be done… &amp;quot;one country two system&amp;quot; hasn&amp;#x27;t been abided to by China for a long time, and there&amp;#x27;s nothing the population or the Brits can do about it.&lt;p&gt;(My perspective is that of a foreigner who recently moved here, not a life-long hongkonger. Feel free to ask me anything.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>em500</author><text>Police from HK, military forces from China (though they&amp;#x27;re not involved in these matters). But like in most civilized countries, the police is there to uphold current law and order, not to side with some national or political interest.</text></comment>