Since the anti-extradition protests have stretched over half a year and only temporarily dying down somewhat due to the coronavirus outbreak, its easy to forget the details or keep track of events. But I found a good article that summarize all the events by focusing on the central figure: Carrie Lam. It is a biography and also a character study as well as an examination of the kind of system that created someone like her.
Funny thing, the article highlights the somewhat politically tragic turn of Lam from a once gifted activist transformed into this elitist snob. How someone who once had a real idealistic sense of social justice and the urge to fight on behalf of the downtrodden changed into this monster or puppet (or both) under this political system.
So Carrie Lam, is she a tragic figure who fell due her own hubris, a monster or monster created by the system?
https://www.vox.com/world/2020/3/10/...hina-democracy