Gravitas: Deciphering China's strategy in Hong Kong

China's Four-Prolonged Strategy To Curb Hong Kong Protests Dismiss, Distract, Threaten, Discredit - China has been employing this four-pronged approach to tackle the protests in Hong Kong. Beijing first dismissed protests as 'illegal', then tried distraction-tactics. China's representatives have provoked violence. What's more? Now Beijing blames the U.S. Palki summarises