Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam took to Facebook on Aug. 24 to seek protesters’ cooperation for dialogue to resolve the ongoing crisis that has gripped the city since June. However, her online post was soon flooded with thousands of responses rebuking her delayed efforts.
Lam wrote that she had invited a group of people to meet with her that morning to provide suggestions on how to establish her proposed platform for dialogue. She added that while she didn’t expect such a platform would “untie the dead knot” and end all protests, she said that “after more than two months, everyone is tired, could we all sit down and have a talk?”
