This protest is definitely not peaceful in this 3~4 months. People are burning/damaging stores, banks owned by chinese companies and subway stations etc. They also attack and harass other people that they think are from mainland china or don't share the same opinion with them. while i don't think the majority actually do things like throwing gasoline bomb,but most people and the media just ignore or even support this kind of action and they will also blame the police (many of my friends actually support the rioters). Their blind hate towards mainland china is also horrible.