Don’t need to, I don’t live in China, what China do to their land is their business not mine.
Are you trying to justify their violent approach to shove their ideology down others by force?
It is our basic right to protest against our government if we feel we are not taken care of or not being represented or we are being oppressed. There is no government without its people.
The protest in Hong Kong started in extradition, basically current government wants to pass a law that allows China to extradite anyone convicted in Hong Kong to main land China. We have to remember that with the "One country, two systems" principle Hong Kong has its own government system and with this extradition law main land China will have some power over Hong Kong protesters because they can basically put up trumped-up cases against those who will oppose the reunification and have them extradited to main land China and from there they will simple disappear.
With this the people of Hong Kong were threatened and thus the protest began. As the protest progress and grew in numbers and intensified the leader of Hong Kong tried to step back a little by putting on hold the passing of the law. This did not sit well with the protesters because what they want is for the government to totally abandon the extradition law not just put it on hold and because of this the protest continues.
Using the term "riot" is actually not correct in this case. The correct term is actually protest. Using the term "riot" actually tones down what is happening because riot simply means public disturbance without any political motive but what the protesters are doing are more than just public disturbance. They have a genuine political reason for their protest and in this case (Hong Kong leaders are becoming a puppet regime of China) the only way that their voice will be heard is through mass protest that will hopefully disable government function showing their leaders how serious they are with their demand.
What is happening in Hong Kong is very interesting because the region has about 7 million people and the protesters reached about 1 million strong as reported. This means that about 15% of its people are on the street protesting and this does not include those who are supporting the protesters silently through logistic support and other method of support. 1 million in 7 million can already be considered the voice of the people but since the current government is becoming or is a puppet of main land China the Hong Kong government will not hear the voice of its people.
The question is how long can the protesters keep this up. The way I see it Hong Kong government which is backed by main land China is stretching the conflict. It is waiting when the protesters get tired and finally stop the whole protest on the street. Its all about patience vs will. How willful the protesters are that they are willing to do this until their demands are met. They can try to slow down the economy of the region and halt some government and business functions but I think main land China will just pour resources to the region to negate whatever effects the protest on the street has on the region.