A week of relative calm in Hong Kong fractured into loud clashes again Saturday
The unrest put a definitive end to a brief detente in the Asian financial centre, as demonstrators in helmets and black shirts abandoned a strategy of non-confrontation, that some dismissed as ineffective.
But the relative tranquility of those scenes only served as a temporary respite, masking an appetite for conflict among demonstrators convinced that non-violent tactics don’t work. They dismissed an offer of dialogue this week from Chief Executive Carrie Lam as insincere. Such violence has taken a toll on Hong Kong, a leading financial and transportation hub. Tourism-dependent industries are reeling from a plunge in visitors this month, after repeated clashes have closed the city’s airport and snarled transportation corridors.
Such accusations have been matched by recriminations from police that protesters have provoked a response with violent tactics.
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