Just over a month ago Crystal Chu, a 49-year-old businesswoman, arrived at the border station of Sheung Shui at the call of a pro-Beijing group, which planned to stage a protest. About 100 of them were soon outnumbered by pro-democracy protesters. 크롬하츠=크롬하츠여성의류
She was first pelted with eggs and projectiles and then she was hit in the head - she needed three stitches. "That moment was horrifying. I feel like they came from hell," she says, at a loss to understand a dehumanising cycle of hatred against people simply expressing their views. "They do this in the name of freedom. But it's just sheer violence." 명품레플리카사이트=명품레플리카사이트
The intensity of this hatred is being taken as a direct challenge to a system that has guaranteed stability, prosperity and a quiet life. For them, the pro-democracy movement is staffed by thugs with little understanding of political realities. 비비안웨스트우드=비비안웨스트우드여성의류
"Why don't they recognise themselves as Chinese? You can't deny this because we have black hair and yellow skin," Ms Chu says. "Do you think Hong Kong can ever be separated from China?" 남자레플리카추천=남자레플리카추천
Few - on either side - have a clear grasp of the legal complexities of Hong Kong's special status, which makes safeguarding its fate all the more precarious. So the arguments end up being about ideology, identity and history. Ms Chu came from the mainland in her 20s. Many others of her generation, but born and bred in Hong Kong, will recall grandparents' tales about life in China. In the 1960s those grandparents may have swum over. Although they left China behind, it remains part of their identity. 이미테이션커스텀급=이미테이션구매대행 이미테이션쇼핑 이미테이션커스텀급
The younger generation out on the streets does not share such memories - it is easier for them to disregard the older ties that bind. Their touchstones are globalised cultural memes of defiance: "If we burn, you burn with us" - they chant referencing The Hunger Games; Can You Hear the People Sing? they belt out from Les Miserables; Pepe the Frog, a symbol of the alt right movement, was also adopted - certainly unwittingly. Ms Chu, though, feels alarm when strangers walk past quickly.