Hong Kong: a city locked in stalemate with no end in sight
- Six months after the first mass rally over the ill-fated extradition bill, Hong Kong remains in turmoil
- What happens if Hong Kong leader and Beijing choose to simply stand still and continue waiting for the storm to pass?

Six months after Hong Kong began its season of discontent, with mass protests, street violence and crippling disruptions, there is still no indication as to how it will end, or when.
There was a respite of two weeks around the landmark November 24 district council elections, which swept aside pro-establishment candidates and installed pan-democratic majorities from the opposition in 17 out of 18 districts, a stunning reversal attributed to the months of protests and voters’ deep dissatisfaction with the government.
But radical protesters and their supporters were out again on December 1, clashing with police and driving home the message that they would not be satisfied until all their demands were met.
But the protest movement wants more, especially a commission of inquiry into allegations of police brutality, and beyond that, universal suffrage for the city.
