Actually he has been hiding in plain sight. His goal is not to be found. He has told everyone where he is. He is writing his own rulebook and playbook. He will be remarkably hard to touch.
He realizes he can't hide. He's taking quite a gambit with Hong Kong but the calculations to do it have been extraordinarily well thought out.
I wouldn't necessarily classify what he's doing now as hiding, although he does seem to have lowered his profile considerably the last couple of days. But publicly he's said he doesn't really intend to hide, so I was speaking more to the hypothetical case where he does decide to just flat out "go to ground" and try to evade being found at all. As opposed to hoping the Hong Kong government or some other political process will shield him.
He realizes he can't hide. He's taking quite a gambit with Hong Kong but the calculations to do it have been extraordinarily well thought out.