https://www.scmp.com/rss/316101/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The violent escalation of the Occupy protests in Admiralty and Mong Kok in the past week has been tinged with a sense of exhausted protesters raging against the dying of the light. A risky plan to blockade the central government offices and paralyse activity was deemed "largely a failure", and key student figures such as Joshua Wong Chi-fung are now resorting to a Gandhian-style hunger strike in a bid to draw the government back to the negotiating table. Squabbling among various factions on... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1654664/protest-strategy-should-go-beyond-sticking-it-out?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1654664/protest-strategy-should-go-beyond-sticking-it-out?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Dec 2014 05:00:15 +0000 Hong Kong people do "civil" disobedience well. We clean up our own garbage between rounds of non-violent protest, we wave our lit-up iPhones 6s and sing songs from popular musicals. Familiar with being poked in the eye by umbrellas during the lunchtime rush hour, we now use them to protect ourselves from pepper spray. And, if you have spent time here or know some of us well, you would understand how remarkable it is to see tens of thousands of people brave police barricades and tear gas. We are... https://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1605377/we-are-only-asking-beijing-keep-its-promise-democracy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1605377/we-are-only-asking-beijing-keep-its-promise-democracy?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Oct 2014 05:45:30 +0000