The huge protests in Hong Kong were planned long in advance,but their scale seems to have taken many by surprise:The city was in chaos over the weekend after thousands took to the streets,and there are many signs that the Occupy Central demonstrations may not be over yet. For Chinese state media,the protests present a conundrum:how to cover a story that is now too large to ignore without challenging the official narrative.Their response,at times,seems awkward. According to the China Media Project at the University of Hong Kong, more than 20 mainland newspapers have run a story from China's state news agency,Xinhua,in response to the protests.That report is based largely on an official statement by the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council and contains little explanation for the protests,which it calls"unlawful occupation actions."A later report from Xinhua,featured on the English-language China Daily Web site,describes the disruption caused to Hong Kong daily life in neutral terms.The huge protests in Hong Kong were planned long in advance, but their scale seems to have taken many by surprise: The city was in chaos over the weekend after thousands took to the streets, and there are many signs that the Occupy Central demonstrations may not be over yet. For Chinese state media, the protests present a conundrum: how to cover a story that is now too large to ignore without challenging the official narrative. Their response, at times, seems awkward. According to the China Media Project at the University of Hong Kong, more than 20 mainland newspapers have run a story from China's state news agency, Xinhua, in response to the protests. That report is based largely on an official statement by the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council and contains little explanation for the protests, which it calls " unlawful occupation actions." A later report from Xinhua, featured on the English-language China Daily Web site, describes the disruption caused to Hong Kong daily life in neutral terms