cops there would have been on the street today.)
when seeing the police (vehicles included)
The proverbial "they" say that "A picture paints a thousand words". I trust that the above images tell you that Hong Kong is NOT back (to normal). And that the prevailing mood is far more police state than "Happy Hong Kong" -- so much so that when this evening's fireworks display began, my first thoughts involved "Hong Kong is being bombed" and a thunderstorm having arrived to rain on non-existent parades rather than, well, anything festive in nature.
And oh, I'll spare you the images of tens of thousands of literally red flags on display in various parts of the territory -- including inside a Church of England cathedral! -- as I frankly have already seen enough of them -- particularly after Hong Kong's second, scarier Handover -- to last a lifetime. This even though I did NOT venture out of my apartment all of today (though some brave, defiant souls did).
Should you wish to view more photos though, here's a link to my blog post from nine years ago today. Frankly though, viewing that blog entry saddens me more when viewing it today. Because, well, we had so much hope then... especially compared to now.
My blog post from four years ago also makes for sad reading (what with it including a report of a young man -- who we now know is named Tsang Chi-kin -- having been shot by the police that day). At the same time though, re-reading those blog entries only makes me convinced that the resistance needs to go on; this not least because people were indeed right to demand to have genuine universal suffrage and protest against police brutality then, and still are.
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