The 2019 anti-extradition law amendment bill (anti-ELAB) movement, the most live streamed and broadcasted protest in history, was a watershed moment within Hong Kong’s, China’s, and global political history. The movement was characterized by its scale, “be water” guerrilla style, violence, and shut-downs of traffic flows and urban spaces; but also by its nihilistic ‘burnism’ strategy and an intense, dyadic, nativistic or xenophobic reaction against perceived mainland intrusion and local police brutality. Crucially, the movement sought, and to an extent received, foreign governmental support, notably from China’s geo-political rival the United States. While the chaos and street fighting was brought under control, and the extradition bill formally withdrawn, the principal result of the movement was the introduction of a national security bill for Hong Kong in June 2020, and moreover the firm re-assertion of mainland sovereignty over the SAR.
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