“For Hong Kong’s protesters, the now-banned wearing of face masks at rallies is a shield against Big Brother, johnleicester reports.
But in Hong Kong, protesters say the shadow cast by China over the territory makes their situation unique. Hong Kong’s government saysin conjunction with the tens of thousands of CCTV cameras it has installed to help with policing, crowd control and other jobs across the territory.
For the many in Hong Kong who visit family and do business in the mainland, there are also concerns of being swept up by the opaque legal system there if identified as having joined the protests. Staying on the sidelines of a small, peaceful sit-down rally where a couple of hundred people chanted slogans for an hour before dispersing, an office worker in polished shoes and neatly ironed pants said the only reason he wasn’t demonstrating with the others was because he hadn’t brought a mask.
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