※ 'The Journalist (THE JOURNALIST)', where SBS reporters tell stories directly to viewers that they could not complete in the news! This time, we analyzed the Hong Kong protests that evolved due to the demand for democratization and the concerns of the Chinese government. International reporter Chung Dong-yeon and Beijing correspondent Chung Sung-yeop reporter.

Protests calling for democracy in Hong Kong have been running for eleven weeks. The Chinese government is holding "armed demonstrations" every day with troops stationed in Shenzhen, China. "We can take the knife out at any time." It's already filled with the fuel from the tanks that are going to Hong Kong, and it's got to hang up.

Indeed, the Chinese government has defined Hong Kong's anti-government protests as "terrorism" and deployed thousands of armored vehicles and Chinese troops in Shenzhen. The unusual Chinese government's move has led to the observation that the fear of the crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen democracy protests has been reproduced.

However, Hong Kong protesters are continuing to protest by demanding democracy towards the Hong Kong and Chinese governments.

On Thursday, when tensions reached its peak, 1.6 million Hong Kong citizens gathered in Victoria Park, where it rains. The demonstrators pushed for further repeal of repatriation laws and called for more democracy and autonomy in Hong Kong. It was a large-scale protest despite the disapproval of the Hong Kong police, but the organizers led a nonviolent protest, saying it would not lend any force to the crackdown.

Now, the Chinese government's hard work on Hong Kong protests has deepened. If China cracks down on Hong Kong, it could be a situation where the Chinese government recognizes the limits of its own power. The international community is also watching the situation in Hong Kong, which may lead to political and diplomatic risks.

◆ Reporter Jung Dong-yeon / International Team
Leading Hong Kong protests are youth in their teens and twenties. These are the generations born after Hong Kong was returned to China, with a stronger sense that they are Hong Kong, not Chinese. I asked them why they were protesting, and they gave an impressive answer. They said, 'They don't mean much to democratic ideologies, but they just want to live happily in the country where I was born and grew up.'

◆ Reporter Jung Sung-yup / Beijing correspondent
China's armed intervention seems virtually unlikely in its present state. China is trying to put down the situation by punishing Hong Kong's police forces rather than going directly to punish illegal protesters. Hong Kong protesters are also calling for talks with the Hong Kong government after the protests. For the time being, Hong Kong protests will continue the dialogue phase. However, it is difficult to predict when and how the situation will change suddenly because there is a point where it is difficult to yield concessions between the young Hong Kong leaders and the Hong Kong government.

(Reporting: Chung Dong-yeon, Jung Sung-yup / Project: Han Sang-woo / Composition: Cho Do-hye, Lee So-hyun / Filmmaker: Lee Hong-myeong, Lee Eun-kyung, Moon Ji-hwan / Graphic: Lee Dong-geun, Gam Ho-jeong)