Hong Kong protests: What's next?

Prominent figures in politics and business look at a scarred city's way forward

Hong Kong's political standoff is rooted in a government attempt to amend an extradition law to ease the transfer of criminal suspects to mainland China. (Getty Images)

NIKKI SUN, Nikkei staff writer, and ZACH COLEMAN and DEAN NAPOLITANO, Nikkei Asian Review deputy editors

August 15, 2019 16:55 JST

HONG KONG/TOKYO -- Massive protests in Hong Kong are now in their third month, and the near-daily demonstrations appear to have no end in sight. The rallies have been largely peaceful, but increasingly some have turned violent. The stalemate is rooted in a government attempt to amend an extradition law that would permit the transfer of people to mainland China, which lacks a transparent judicial system, but have expanded to include calls for greater democracy.