No, the “protesters” are anarchist a-holes who want to destroy Hong Kong. The western media won’t tell you that.
The soldiers were joined by a large number of residents, firefighters and police to begin cleaning up the destruction caused by the antifa thugs. Fortunately, Hong Kongers are finally starting to say enough is enough and confronting antifa. But the antifa a-holes are now throwing molotov cocktails at civilians.
https://www.facebook.com/scmp/videos/1748407231958250/
There is only one entity that could benefit from such people if they are as you describe, and that’s the Communist Party of China.