For mainlanders in Hong Kong, the city's
protests pose a complicated challenge, with even some who backed the demonstrations now wary of a movement that has become vocally and sometimes even violently anti-China.
Christine Wang moved to Hong Kong from the mainland seven years ago, and sympathised with the initial demands of
protesters opposed to legislation allowing extraditions to China.
Like other mainlanders who spoke to AFP, Wang asked to use a pseudonym, fearing reprisals in an increasingly febrile atmosphere where those perceived to back the government or
Beijing have been the target of verbal and physical abuse.