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Let’s assume that the HK protests have a genuine and a structured component. The trouble with genuine protests is that they lack the means to promote a strategy of change, all that the powers in charge have to do is wait it out until people get tired and go back to their usual occupations. But there are forces using this as a crisis of opportunity. There was news about the Triads coming onto the scene. And as a major financial centre, HK insiders can see what is coming and may be scrambling to make new arrangements as the “authorities” and the media focus on street protests.