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I watched a supposed student leader be interviewed by the BBC. He was frustratingly unwilling to accept any responsibility for the violence and kept blaming the police. He could have at least said, yes, a small contingent of demonstrators acted unwisely, but the vast majority of us have been peaceful. By refusing to admit even that, he makes it harder for sympathetic observers to feel reassured.
In the end I expect the protesters to be crushed by the Chinese military. The outside world will express dismay, but do nothing.
Meanwhile we have two nuclear-armed states getting closer and closer to a military confrontation in Kashmir.
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