For the police, this has all been genuinely tough. Officers have to put in at least 15 hours a day. Riot gear is heavy and it's exhausting to run around in the scorching sun. Policemen and their families have been doxxed - meaning their personal information has been leaked online - many feel this is just for doing their job. They face hatred just as much as they are accused of fuelling it. 이미테이션남성지갑=이미테이션남성지갑 이미테이션여성지갑 이미테이션남성신발
How is Hong Kong run? Seven ways China's media took on HK protests Nonetheless, Derek feels there are no excuses for the unruly behaviour of police officers caught on camera beating protesters or opening fire: "Frontline officers have no restraint and use excessive force," he says. 고야드가방=고야드가방
He disapproves of unquestioning loyalty within the police force - but he thinks the same thing is happening among protesters. He can't accept any assault on people of different political persuasions. 지방시=지방시여성의류
"I asked my pro-protest friends if they would distance themselves from this - all of them said no," Derek says. 명품후드티=명품후드티
So he doesn't know where he stands in this new Hong Kong. "He said I should follow Hong Kong's rules. He also told me to get back to where I come from." For mainland-born Benjamin, the protests have finally made him consider himself a Hongkonger - after more than a decade. 여자레플리카사이트=여자레플리카사이트
On 16 June he spent five hours marching from Victoria Park to Admiralty by himself - a march that protesters said was attended by two million people. 명품레플리카사이트=명품레플리카사이트
"I am proud of this city," Benjamin says. He was touched by the resolve of the peaceful marchers. But he is at odds with the community known as gang piao - (a Mandarin term which means Hong Kong drifters). These are the well-educated Chinese elites who move to Hong Kong. Every year, the government accepts 20,000 such "drifters", often scorned by locals for taking jobs. "I can say 99 out of 100 drifters see their Chinese identity as unassailable," Benjamin says, and that they see a distinct Hong Kong identity as unacceptable. 홍콩명품=홍콩명품
Many mainlanders feel they have dedicated themselves to the city, but are suspected of just being "brainwashed" automatons. They cannot help but wonder if a touch of xenophobia is involved, even from people who they believe to be of their "own kind" - another example of how complex identity and allegiances are.