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Coronavirus fears reawaken SARS 
nightmare in Hong Kong
Few cities understand the potential horror of a coronavirus 
outbreak like Hong Kong, which became 
the SARS epicenter in 2003. SARS, 
severe acute respiratory syndrome, 
killed around 300 people in Hong Kong alone. 
CNN's Will Ripley reports from the largely deserted city.
Slide 1 of 15: People wearing masks are seen riding the train in Hong Kong on Jan. 22.Slide 2 of 15: A woman wears a mask while carrying a dog in the street on Jan. 22 in Wuhan, Hubei province, China.The Wuhan government issued regulations that residents must wear masks in public places.Slide 3 of 15: Travelers, all wearing protective face masks, wait at the departure hall of West Kowloon Station in Hong Kong on Jan. 23.As of Jan. 30, there are 7,711 confirmed cases of infections and the death toll in China stands at 170.Slide 4 of 15: A man holds a child as they and others wear protective masks while riding on the subway in Beijing, China, on Jan. 24.Children, elderly and immunocompromised people are at the greatest risk for contracting the virus.
The massive, 
violent demonstrations that stopped Hong Kong 
in its tracks this summer—even as protesters 
went so far as staging the largest-ever 
shutdown of a major airport—had perhaps 
as many angles as participants.
For one, China viewed the protests as a challenge 
and potential embarrassment to its authority.
At first, it appeared Beijing was prepared to deal with the protests 
using a militaristic hand. In July, it deployed fresh troops to the 
semi-autonomous Chinese city. Video broadcast on China Central Television 
showed a long convoy of armored personnel carriers and 
trucks crossing the border at night and troops 
in formation disembarking a ship.
This time the task has a glorious mission. The responsibility is great. 
The job is difficult,” an unnamed major said to troops before they departed. 
“The time for a true test has arrived!”

Yet Beijing stopped short of a forceful intervention. “We believe the [Hong Kong] government has the capability to calm down the current situation,” a deputy commissioner of the foreign ministry office in the city said.

Even as Communist leaders celebrated 70 years in power on October 1, they stood by as protests escalated after a teenager was shot by a Hong Kong police officer.

On the other hand, many democracy-loving residents of Hong Kong see their city as a “capitalist enclave in a Communist empire” (as Time reported) that is preparing to take over. The city, once under the British crown, was returned to China in 1997 under a “one country, two systems” framework, which promises certain democratic rights not afforded on the mainland. These concessions are slated to remain in place until 2047.

In recent years, however, some residents have accused Beijing of steadily eroding these special freedoms. They went so far as to stage a demonstration in front of the U.S. embassy demanding Washington’s intervention.

Consequently, Beijing has slammed the protests as efforts by criminals to split the territory from China, backed by what it said were hostile foreigners.

Yet another group of demonstrators urged others to not listen to “extremists”

seeking foreign intervention, suggesting that would only further complicate Hong Kong’s cause.

For all its viewpoints, the city’s upheaval did have a definite starting point.

The protests began in June against legislation pushed by the city’s leader, Carrie Lam, that would have allowed criminal suspects to be sent to mainland China for trial. Mrs. Lam, who was elected as the city’s chief executive by a pro-Beijing committee of Hong Kong elites, has come under withering criticism for pushing the extradition bill. Many in Hong Kong saw the bill as a glaring example of the city’s eroding autonomy.

This pushed demonstrators clad with black T-shirts, masks and hard helmets to break into the city’s legislature building on the anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China on July 1. There they spray-painted walls and furniture with slogans like: “Hong Kong is not China, not yet.” Across the city, the activists infiltrated government offices and defaced portraits of the city’s leaders.

Since then, clashes with police have become increasingly violent as the demands evolved into wider calls for democracy.

Despite the uncertainties on how to handle the situation, it is clear Hong Kong has become a battleground between dichotomies—between capitalism and communism, democratic liberties and authoritarian stability, and—arguably—the United States and China.

Ultimately, many fear Hong Kong is the clearest example of a resurgent Communist China and a possible relapse into Cold War-type thinking.

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