"PREPARED TO DIE"_ ‘Prepared to Die’: Hong Kong Protesters Embrace Hard-Core Tactics, Challenge Beijing

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‘Prepared to Die’: Hong Kong Protesters Embrace Hard-Core Tactics, Challenge Beijing

The resistance, which has mainstream support, is the biggest rebellion against China’s government since President Xi took power


Beijing Backs Hong Kong Police's Handling of Increasingly Violent Protests
In a rare news conference, China’s top office for Hong Kong affairs offered tacit support for further efforts by the city's authorities to punish violence and uphold the rule of law. Photos: Laurel Chor/Getty Images and Anthony Wallace/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images


By Natasha Khan and Wenxin Fan
Updated Aug. 6, 2019 2:06 pm ET


HONG KONG—In 2014, a protester named Chloe camped out on city streets, chanted slogans and planted “seeds of hope,” part of a 79-day occupation of major roads. The protesters’ demands for greater democracy were ignored.

This summer, the civil servant, who is in her 20s, has zip tied metal barriers together to block roads and dug bricks out of sidewalks to throw at police. Her primary role is to be “arrest support”—ready to hire lawyers for detained protesters and help their families with an emergency plan.

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