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Hong Kong divided over China’s COVID-19 protests

FILE - Police detain protesters during a rally to show support for Uighurs and their fight for human rights in Hong Kong, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. The recent wave of protests against China's anti-virus restrictions was a ray of hope for some supporters of Hong Kong's own pro-democracy movement after local authorities stifled it using a national security law enacted in 2020, but not everyone agrees. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) Protesters hold up blank papers and chant slogans as they march in protest in Beijing, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. The recent wave of protests against China's anti-virus restrictions was a ray of hope for some supporters of Hong Kong's own pro-democracy movement after local authorities stifled it using a national security law enacted in 2020, but not everyone agrees. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) FILE - Pro-democracy protesters take part in a march in Hong Kong, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. The recent wave of protests against China's anti-virus restrictions was a ray of hope for some supporters of Hong Kong's own pro-democracy movement after local authorities stifled it using a national security law enacted in 2020, but not everyone agrees. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File) FILE - Papers with the words "Refuse COVID terror" and "Not foreign forces but internal forces" are placed on the ground near protesters gathering at the University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. The recent wave of protests against China's anti-virus restrictions was a ray of hope for some supporters of Hong Kong's own pro-democracy movement after local authorities stifled it using a national security law enacted in 2020, but not everyone agrees. (AP Photo/Bertha Wang, File) FILE - Pro-democracy protesters march on a street during a protest in Hong Kong, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. The recent wave of protests against China's anti-virus restrictions was a ray of hope for some supporters of Hong Kong's own pro-democracy movement after local authorities stifled it using a national security law enacted in 2020, but not everyone agrees. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File) FILE - Protesters hold up white paper some with writings commemorating the Nov 24 deadly Urumqi fire during a gathering at the University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. The recent wave of protests against China's anti-virus restrictions was a ray of hope for some supporters of Hong Kong's own pro-democracy movement after local authorities stifled it using a national security law enacted in 2020, but not everyone agrees. (AP Photo/Bertha Wang, File) Thomas So, who did not want to show his face for fear of retribution, holds up an electric candle and a blank paper during a protest at the University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. The recent wave of protests against China's anti-virus restrictions was a ray of hope for some supporters of Hong Kong's own pro-democracy movement after local authorities stifled it using a national security law enacted in 2020, but not everyone agrees. (AP Photo/Bertha Wang) FILE - Protesters hold up blank papers and chant slogans as they march in protest in Beijing, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. The recent wave of protests against China's anti-virus restrictions was a ray of hope for some supporters of Hong Kong's own pro-democracy movement after local authorities stifled it using a national security law enacted in 2020, but not everyone agrees. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
Hong Kong divided over China’s COVID-19 protests