million like we saw in june. the crowds are indeed smaller. and because of those protests and then the violent confrontations that happened for hours afterwards, transportation was shut down in a number of areas both here in hong kong island and across victoria harbor. so it just goes to show that those who were still out demonstrating and particularly these front-liners who were continuing to hurl bricks and petrol bombs, they know how to disrupt the city. they know how to shut things down. so here on week 22, it really does seem at this stage very difficult to see a resolution to this given just how far apart the two sides are. and this division inside the city between people who support beijing and people who are against beijing is getting more nasty. that knife attack, a man getting his ear bitten off. and we've seen activists beaten with metal rods. and also attacks towards people who support mainland china as