Two Final Battles, District Elections, United States and Taiwan
This chapter examines the two final and critical battles in the anti-extradition, anti-police and anti-mainlandization protests, namely the battles at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong (PolyU). These two battl
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The Dynamics of Peaceful and Violent Protests in Hong Kong
Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo Steven Chung-Fun Hung Jeff Hai-Chi Loo
The Dynamics of Peaceful and Violent Protests in Hong Kong The Anti-extradition Movement
Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE) Fortress Tower Fortress Hill, Hong Kong
Steven Chung-Fun Hung Department of Social Sciences Education University of Hong Kong Tai Po, Hong Kong
Jeff Hai-Chi Loo Balsillie School of International Affairs University of Waterloo Waterloo, ON, Canada
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Acknowledgment
This book was completed at a time when Covid-19 affected many parts of the world. The authors worked very diligently at homes during this difficult period. We have to thank a number of people for support of our book. First, we are grateful to Jacob Dreyer for supporting our book project and to Anushangi Weerakoon for her professional assistance. We need to express our deepest gratitude to eight diplomats who were sent to work in Hong Kong, and who shared with us informally and friendly their insights on Hong Kong during the protests, including their assessment of the protesters and police performance. We are also deeply grateful to a few protesters who told us informally how they saw the protests from June to December 2019. We also had the chances to chat with several reporters and journalists, who were willing to sha
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