WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HONG KONG??

I am UNSURE PRECISELY WHAT, WHO, represented, sponsored, by recent HK protests.

Too many possibilities exist and I am NOT sufficiently familiar with details, especially newly minted Chinese and Asian firms.

I DO, of course, like anyone else, know HK WAS a British colony, AND, as such, REMAINS a MAJOR, PRIMARY, FINANCIAL, GREATER ASIA REGIONAL INVESTMENT HUB, with a MULTITUDE of international BANKS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, registered, represented.

So, naturally, CONTROL of HK involves ABOVE and below?

Also involved MAY, most likely, be money laundering operations, fronts, additionally.

Below links but a few factual SAMPLES of what I mean.
First:

https://www.hkma.gov.hk/eng/key-functions/banking-stability/banking-policy-and-supervision/three-tier-banking-system.shtml

Then, another OVERVIEW essentially recaps above:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banks_in_Hong_Kong

Then, interestingly, in terms of timing, a scheduled September Hong Kong Belt and Road Summit, link below.

So, answer to MY question above NOT READILY available, at my fingertips, but, for sure, related to ALL above and below:

https://www.beltandroad.news/2019/01/04/belt-and-road-summit-hong-kong-2019/