The water strategy collapsed into a losing siege

Evidence

In November, the Hong Kong braves ended up abandoning the “be water” strategy. They occupied two universities in the city and bunkered down inside. Antony Dapiran reported what this looked like from the inside of Polytechnic U: “Through the smoke a protester emerged wearing an old, World War II–style gas mask and wielding a bow and arrow. This was no longer a protest, or even a riot. It was medieval siege warfare.” But China was better at war than the young people of Hong Kong. — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 815

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Swarm-and-disperse water tactics disrupt police response — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 756; Drake’s Cape St Vincent strike doomed the Armada through water loss — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 821

Broader Connections

• Drake’s Cape St Vincent strike doomed the Armada through water loss #exemplifies (0.85) — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 821