News Exercise #307

1 At the start, how did the reporter describe what the three friends can see below?
2 Why did they not join in immediately?
3 How did Bruce Lee inspire them?
4 How do they decide which shops to deface?
5 How was the sudden attack from the police described?
6 How has the violence evolved?

Answers:
1 At the start, how did the reporter describe what the three friends can see below?
she said that bands of protestors were massing.
2 Why did they not join in immediately?
They had to find a place with no CCTV camera in order to transform themselves into the all-black outfits of the so-called Frontliners, the vanguard of Hong Kong’s anti-Beijing protest movement.
3 How did Bruce Lee inspire them?
His mantra “Be like water” inspired them to be fluid – adapt to the changing situation.
4 How do they decide which shops to deface?
They only attack properties and businesses linked to the Chinese Communist Party.
5 How was the sudden attack from the police described?
The protesters were outflanked and outwitted, and so the protesters ran for their lives.
6 How has the violence evolved?
The downtown pitched battles of the early days have given way to brutal decentralised games of cat and mouse.