It is fully withdrawn. I am guessing the Chinese troop movements were an artful bluff that was unsuccessful.
Lam made a public announcement Wednesday saying that the government had responded to each of the demands but admitted that it “may not be able to address all the grievances of people in society.” She then called for dialogue rather than further violence.
At the end of the day I imagine that a full scale military intervention would have led to TCN casualties that would have been found unacceptable by their respective countries. Not to mention that the negative media coverage would have really put a damper on China's image.Hong Kong protesters released their five demands in July. The demands include the following:
- Fully withdraw from a proposed bill that would allow Hong Kong people to be extradited to mainland China.
- Retract any characterization of the movement as a “riot.”
- Drop all charges against anti-extradition protesters.
- Set up an independent committee to investigate the use of force by Hong Kong police.
- Universal suffrage in elections for the city’s chief executive officer and legislature by 2020.
In more than one way this is a win for China as well. Their actions for the most part can be seen as reasonable.
Moving forward is going to result in some change. The harder China tries to control the media and information the tougher it is going to be for them to do so.
