Protests in Hongkong are part of ongoing long-lasting process, where China is trying to control and limit Hongkong civil society, which is protecting the civil rights of its citizens and special status of Hongkong under the “One country, two systems” principal, Frank Jüris, junior research fellow of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute of ICDS commented in ETV (Estonian Public Broadcasting, ERR) programme “Ringvaade” on 13 August.
“With protests citizens of Hongkong are practising their right under the special administration law that differs from China,” Jüris noted. He added that it is difficult to say, if the protests continue after the new schoolyear starts in the fall.
Watch the full commentary in Estonian in Ringvaade, ETV/ERR.