The fundamentalist cpc supporters in the posts above, asking for wiping out the civil society of hk, don't realise that this is the core difference between a Liberal and China mainland society. This is exactly what the hkers dont want in their country. Do governments in UK, France, USA or even India want thousands of protestor on their streets, disrupting traffic and being a nuisance? No. But that's the basis of a Liberal society.
Don't lose sight of what started this agitation. Hkers don't want to be tried in China with its opaque, executive controlled courts. Imagine a powerful corrupt communist party guy wants to target you for his personal gain and you have no recourse to the courts ? In contrast see the HSR between Mumbai and ahmedabad, land acquisition is still pending after 3 years as local poor villagers are not all convinced to sell their land. As a upper middle class Indian, I would love a nice shiny hsr in India but its not happening until the courts and landowners are in the same line.
Democracy is not convenient.
