It’s as if Hong Kong is now unmoored, so fast have the old ways unravelled | Louisa Lim and Ilaria Maria Sala

By refusing to address protesters, Carrie Lam is guilty of fuelling rising violent unrest

Recent scenes from Hong Kong might have come from an 1980s gangster film, with hundreds of white-shirted triad members rampaging through subway trains brutally beating all in their path with bamboo poles and metal rods.

Yet this was no movie. The police were mysteriously absent and emergency services didn’t answer the 24,000 phone calls seeking help. By the end of last Sunday night, 45 people were in hospital.

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