continúa la resistencia libertaria en Hong Kong
| The Hong Kong police using a water cannon on Sunday to disperse protesters in Causeway Bay. Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times |
| The protest underscored the outrage of residents after Beijing on Friday proposed new security laws that would tighten its control over Hong Kong. |
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| The proposals, which were unveiled at the opening of the National People’s Congress, also highlighted the challenges facing the pro-democracy movement. Attendance was far lower compared with the huge rallies in 2019 against a bill that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China. Some protesters feel more hopeless and afraid. |
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| The police have shown that they plan assertive action to stop mass gatherings from gaining force. |
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| Quote of note: “I wouldn’t use optimistic,” one resident said of her outlook on the protests. “But I would say that if we do not insist, we will not see hope. It’s because we insist, that hope will remain out there.” |
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Analysis: President Xi Jinping’s move against Hong Kong has echoes of President Vladimir Putin’s seizure of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 — a brash move by an autocratic leader risking international condemnation to resist what he sees as foreign encroachment, Steven Lee Myers, our Beijing bureau chief, writes.
