How Hong Kong protesters have been winning the battle for public space
- Written by Peter Walters, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, The University of Queensland
The battle for domination of the physical and digital public realms has been crucial to the fortunes of the Hong Kong protesters. Their overwhelming numbers in the tense stand-off with the might of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has captured our attention over the past eight weeks.
However, there are less obvious dynamics at work as...