the “one country, two systems” principle. Hong Kong opposition responded rapidly, calling the conference a “waste of time” and accused Beijing of misjudging the situation. But the extreme opposition and demonstrators in Hong Kong have misunderstood the geopolitical factors and the current era. It is they who completely miscalculated the situation. The riots were sparked by resistance to amending the Fugitives Offenders Ordinance. Despite the HKSAR government declaring the extradition bill “dead,” violence continued to escalate and radical protesters have become more vehement. They want to paralyze the HKSAR government, challenge the authority of the police and ultimately establish an opposition-dominated political structure manipulated by the US and Western forces. All of their actions have touched the bottom line of the “one country, two systems” principle.

The problem, asthe protest movement with social spending, beginning with a proposal to hand out modest cash grants to all school children. This approach would recontextualize the protests as an expression of economic anxiety, creating an alternate narrative in which Hong Kongers were never really upset about the extradition bill or their diminishing autonomy. The Guardian suspected protesters would only be offended by this effort to tell them what they truly want.

The South China Morning Post noted previous attempts at mass cash handouts have fizzled due to Hong Kong bureaucracy, and the specific notion of giving money to children at the beginning of the academic session was floated last year before the protests began.

According to polls cited by the SCMP, Carrie Lam is now the least popular chief executive since