China Detains ‘Activists’, Adopts “Wait-‘Em-Out” Tactic As Hong Kong Protest Swells To 300,000
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
10/01/2014
On day four of the OccupyCentral protests in Hong Kong, leaders are expecting the crowds to swell to over 300,000 as National Day celebrations begin. The Chinese government appears to be taking two different approaches to the civil disobedience. First, major crackdowns on the mainland, as FirstPost reports, authorities have detained more than a dozen activists across China and questioned as many as 60 others who expressed support for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests in recent days. However, the government’s approach in Hong Kong appears to be “wait-it-out”, a tactic that would rely on Hongkongers not taking part in the protests becoming fed up with the inconvenience caused by the demonstrations. Of course, how long that tactic remains in place (post National Day) is anyone’s guess especially as student leaders threaten to escalate protests as their deadline for Leung’s resignation looms.
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