Hard-core activists back off but coronavirus helping to maintain momentum of city’s anti-government movement. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

A new strain of resistance? How the coronavirus crisis is changing Hong Kong’s protest movement

Hard-core activists back off but contagion helping to maintain momentum of city’s anti-government movement
Mass strikes threat as new unions emerge ready to wreak havoc during this crisis, or the next

Topic | Hong Kong protests

Natalie Wong and Tony Cheung

Published: 8:00am, 10 Feb, 2020

Updated: 3:17pm, 10 Feb, 2020

Hard-core activists back off but coronavirus helping to maintain momentum of city’s anti-government movement. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

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Tony Cheung

Tony Cheung became a political journalist in 2007. He joined the Post in 2012 and now leads the Hong Kong-mainland relations team on the Hong Kong desk. Tony also writes about the economy, and reports from mainland China, the United States, Germany and Britain.