Moving to ban face masks, Beijing on Thursday took another step toward turning Hong Kong into another mainland gulag. But as with previous efforts to trample the Hong Kong protest movement, this one will fail.
The more Chinese authorities seek to repress Hongkongers, the more they will resist. There are only two options that might end these protests: negotiating with a mind to making serious concessions, or crushing the protesters with a military deployment.
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