Between politics and finance: Hong Kong’s “infinity war”?

Abstract

Several months back, as this Report was being conceived, protests in Hong Kong showed no sign of abating, with yellow umbrellas and balaclavas saturating global media. Today, as the coronavirus crisis takes its heavy toll, fear and restrictive measures have been keeping almost three million people away from the streets, both in Hong Kong and elsewhere in the world. And yet, just like at the start of what has now come to be known as the 2019 “global protest wave”, Hong Kong remains at the frontline of political contestation worldwide.