Ever since the passing of the 2019 Extradition Bill Hong Kong has been a mess of riots, police brutality, and property destruction. 

Students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong fanned out to black the city’s oldest train line and one of the largest highways. These barricades have made it very difficult for the residents to reach the rest of the city. 

Hong Kong police have accused students from campus Universities of stockpiling homemade weapons. The students have also been seen armed with petrol bombs along with bows and arrows. Police have fired multiple rounds of teargas and used fire hoses on students. The students retaliated with petrol bombs and bricks. Universities have even gone on to end semesters.

Nearly six months into the protests the damage is devastating. Protestors have lost all faith in their government and the legal system. 

Hong Kong has its currency pegged to the United States dollar, making it reliable and stable. Hong Kong is also extremely important financially to the China. China has over hundreds of billions of dollars of assets in the city. Top businessmen who have invested so much money into their wealth in the city would be in hot water if Beijing changes its policy. This may explain why recently, bankers, lawyers, and others have joined in, gathering as black-clad protestors outside high-rise offices at lunch time to shout at the police. 

University scholars worldwide have joined in calling on the police to stop the attacks along with warning that they might reconsider partnership in Hong Kong.