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France’s Yellow Vests Show Hong Kong Protests Won’t End Anytime SoonBoth movements are able to evolve, and hard to pin down.By Iain Marlow, Gregory Viscusi, and Kari Soo LindbergJuly 25, 2019, 4:00 PM CDT Billy has been the butt of criticism from friends for taking part in Hong Kong’s protests. Undeterred, he sees his marching days as just beginning.“We have to continue to protest until our demands are met,†said the 28-year-old accountant, whom we chose not to identify. “There is no end in sight.â€That sense of a long road ahead is one of the parallels between Hong Kong’s mass rallies and France’s Yellow Vests movement. Both are hard to pin down, determined and prone to evolve—a recipe for all sorts of trouble for their governments.Riot police clash with demonstrators inside New Town Plaza shopping mall during a protest in the Shatin district of Hong Kong on July 14.Photographer: Justin Chin/BloombergContinued at: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-25/hong-kong-protests-yellow-vests-show-long-road-ahead