Beijing repression forces Hong Kong opposition into new tactics

Dissidents urge united stand against Chinese and look to eastern bloc tactics for inspiration

Prominent Hong Kong democracy activists have responded to China's crackdown on opposition politicians, student campaigners and tenured academics by considering tactics that would have seemed exaggerated in the open city a few months ago.

The student leader Nathan Law, who was placed on a police wanted" list just weeks after flying into exile in the UK, said he would cut off all contact with relatives living in his home city, in an apparent bid to protect them from suspicion or pressure.