I could understand Hong Kong protesting to stop extradition of Hong Kong residents by Beijing because it could open too many doors. However, the original extradition request was for a murder suspect to be extradited to Taiwan, which I don't see anything wrong it.

Now, they've gotten the extradition rescinded, what else are they protesting for? That's the real question that the protesters are not answering. It's almost as if they're protesting for the sake of it. I think there's foreign influence involved because a pain for China is good for others, like a orange-tanned person I don't have to name.

All-in-all, with the world watching, China won't commit another Tiananmen. What they will do is to squeeze Hong Kong dry of business and money and leave it as just another backwater city.