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#OccupyCentral thread: Give me Liberty or Give me Death!
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Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement
China took control of the former British colony in 1997. It operated a policy of “one country, two systems,” allowing
Hong Kong a higher degree of autonomy and greater liberties than anything seen on the Chinese mainland.
China took control of the former British colony in 1997. It operated a policy of “one country, two systems,” allowing
Hong Kong a higher degree of autonomy and greater liberties than anything seen on the Chinese mainland.
Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement
The ability for Hong Kong’s people to eventually choose their own leader through “universal suffrage” was also promised.
The protesters accuse Beijing of failing to keep that promise.
The ability for Hong Kong’s people to eventually choose their own leader through “universal suffrage” was also promised.
The protesters accuse Beijing of failing to keep that promise.
Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement
Many Hong Kong protesters switched from internet-based messaging services to FireChat, which doesn’t require an internet connection, in anticipation of a shutdown.
The app was downloaded around 100,000 times in 24 hours at the weekend. Up to 33,000 people were using it in Hong Kong at once, according to Open Garden, the company that developed it.
In addition to general news-based posts about the protests, phrases such as “Hong Kong police” and “Hong Kong tear gas” were censored on Weibo.
Many Hong Kong protesters switched from internet-based messaging services to FireChat, which doesn’t require an internet connection, in anticipation of a shutdown.
The app was downloaded around 100,000 times in 24 hours at the weekend. Up to 33,000 people were using it in Hong Kong at once, according to Open Garden, the company that developed it.
In addition to general news-based posts about the protests, phrases such as “Hong Kong police” and “Hong Kong tear gas” were censored on Weibo.
Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement
Here are some messages that were censored, recorded by Weibo monitoring site freeweibo.com .
FreeWeibo / Via freeweibo.com
This user wrote: “HK is the pilot field of ‘one country, two systems’, and the success of HK is really important since the Taiwanese residents are looking. Only kindergarten kids would believe that the the predicament of HK today is the result of plots led by a small group of hostile enemies, and that the government has little responsibility for it. The government has used its unlimited media resources and endless propaganda, while the effect is still not as persuasive as these plots … which proves the fact that the giant propaganda system is a white elephant.”
This user wrote: “In the bigger context that the UK is allowing Scotland to go through a public referendum, all the Hong Kong residents want is to elect a chief governor in a one-person, one-vote way, they are not asking for independence, so what to worry about? Even though they elect one chief governor that is not so submissive to the central government, as long as he or she can manage HK well, what does it matter? It is the exact interpretation of ‘one country, two systems’, right? Under the spirit of ‘one country, two systems’, loving HK is loving China, right?”
FreeWeibo / Via freeweibo.com
This user wrote: “Hong Kong residents and mainland residents may have conflicts. Both parties cannot view each other in the right way. As a Henanese living in Beijing, I definitely understand that regional discrimination is something we cannot do anything about. But if the Hong Kong residents are fighting for a general election I think it is a good thing, even if we don’t have the same right in the mainland. Maybe in the future, if mainland residents are to fight for the same right, I think, the Hong Kong residents will support us even if they discriminate against us as locusts.”
Here are some messages that were censored, recorded by Weibo monitoring site freeweibo.com .
FreeWeibo / Via freeweibo.com
This user wrote: “HK is the pilot field of ‘one country, two systems’, and the success of HK is really important since the Taiwanese residents are looking. Only kindergarten kids would believe that the the predicament of HK today is the result of plots led by a small group of hostile enemies, and that the government has little responsibility for it. The government has used its unlimited media resources and endless propaganda, while the effect is still not as persuasive as these plots … which proves the fact that the giant propaganda system is a white elephant.”
This user wrote: “In the bigger context that the UK is allowing Scotland to go through a public referendum, all the Hong Kong residents want is to elect a chief governor in a one-person, one-vote way, they are not asking for independence, so what to worry about? Even though they elect one chief governor that is not so submissive to the central government, as long as he or she can manage HK well, what does it matter? It is the exact interpretation of ‘one country, two systems’, right? Under the spirit of ‘one country, two systems’, loving HK is loving China, right?”
FreeWeibo / Via freeweibo.com
This user wrote: “Hong Kong residents and mainland residents may have conflicts. Both parties cannot view each other in the right way. As a Henanese living in Beijing, I definitely understand that regional discrimination is something we cannot do anything about. But if the Hong Kong residents are fighting for a general election I think it is a good thing, even if we don’t have the same right in the mainland. Maybe in the future, if mainland residents are to fight for the same right, I think, the Hong Kong residents will support us even if they discriminate against us as locusts.”
Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement
Amazingly, one Chinese TV station claimed that the thousands of people gathered in Hong Kong were there to celebrate National Day.
Twitter: @MissXQ / Via Twitter
This was Shanghai Dragon Television’s China News Service.
Amazingly, one Chinese TV station claimed that the thousands of people gathered in Hong Kong were there to celebrate National Day.
Twitter: @MissXQ / Via Twitter
This was Shanghai Dragon Television’s China News Service.
Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement
Carlos Barria / Reuters
One Occupy Central leader, Chan Kin-man, said this afternoon: “Hong Kongers are fearless towards tear gas and think it is manageable.
So I would not suggest protesters retreat at this moment.”
Carlos Barria / Reuters
One Occupy Central leader, Chan Kin-man, said this afternoon: “Hong Kongers are fearless towards tear gas and think it is manageable.
So I would not suggest protesters retreat at this moment.”
Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement
A 15-Step Guide To Understanding Why Hong Kong Has Erupted In Protest
Students and pro-democracy activists have taken to the streets to denounce Chinese interference and demand democratic elections. posted on Sept. 29, 2014, at 11:16 p.m.
Miriam Berger BuzzFeed Staff
1. Massive pro-democracy protests are shaking Hong Kong as thousands of students, activists, and everyday residents take to the streets to demand democratic elections free of Chinese interference.
A 15-Step Guide To Understanding Why Hong Kong Has Erupted In Protest
Students and pro-democracy activists have taken to the streets to denounce Chinese interference and demand democratic elections. posted on Sept. 29, 2014, at 11:16 p.m.
Miriam Berger BuzzFeed Staff
1. Massive pro-democracy protests are shaking Hong Kong as thousands of students, activists, and everyday residents take to the streets to demand democratic elections free of Chinese interference.
Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement
2. Hong Kong, population 7.9 million, is a semi-autonomous region of China. The city returned to Chinese control in 1997 after more than 150 years as a British colony.
It is now one of Asia’s main financial hubs.
2. Hong Kong, population 7.9 million, is a semi-autonomous region of China. The city returned to Chinese control in 1997 after more than 150 years as a British colony.
It is now one of Asia’s main financial hubs.
Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement
3. Hong Kong doesn’t have a constitution, but it does have Basic Law and a semi-autonomous government.
Technically, people have freedoms of press, speech, assembly, and religion denied on the mainland. China calls this policy “one country, two systems.”
3. Hong Kong doesn’t have a constitution, but it does have Basic Law and a semi-autonomous government.
Technically, people have freedoms of press, speech, assembly, and religion denied on the mainland. China calls this policy “one country, two systems.”
Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement
4. But the Chinese government, based in Beijing, gets to approve what Hong Kong voters decide.
In 2007, Beijing promised that upcoming elections in 2017 for Hong Kong’s top position, the chief executive, would be free of interference.
4. But the Chinese government, based in Beijing, gets to approve what Hong Kong voters decide.
In 2007, Beijing promised that upcoming elections in 2017 for Hong Kong’s top position, the chief executive, would be free of interference.
Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement
5. Then, on Aug. 31, Beijing decided that all candidates for chief executive would have to be approved by a pro-China committee — basically undoing its 2007 pledge to elect the position via universal suffrage. Small protests followed.
5. Then, on Aug. 31, Beijing decided that all candidates for chief executive would have to be approved by a pro-China committee — basically undoing its 2007 pledge to elect the position via universal suffrage. Small protests followed.
Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement
6. Long-simmering anger erupted late Friday, as hundreds of pro-democracy activists stormed the government headquarters
and student activists called for a week-long sit-in to demand greater democracy.
6. Long-simmering anger erupted late Friday, as hundreds of pro-democracy activists stormed the government headquarters
and student activists called for a week-long sit-in to demand greater democracy.
Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement
7. The next day, thousands of non-violent protesters gathered in the streets. Police responded with tear gas, pepper spray, and batons.
Activists dubbed the movement Occupy Central because it began at the central government complex.
7. The next day, thousands of non-violent protesters gathered in the streets. Police responded with tear gas, pepper spray, and batons.
Activists dubbed the movement Occupy Central because it began at the central government complex.
Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement
8. Protesters built barricades to block the way to government buildings and main economic thoroughfares.
These kinds of demonstrations have been largely uncommon in Hong Kong — and police responded with force.
8. Protesters built barricades to block the way to government buildings and main economic thoroughfares.
These kinds of demonstrations have been largely uncommon in Hong Kong — and police responded with force.
Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement
9. The civil disobedience, and clashes, escalated further on Sunday.
Analysts said these protests could be China’s biggest political threat since the massacre of pro-democracy activists in Tiananmen Square in 1989.
9. The civil disobedience, and clashes, escalated further on Sunday.
Analysts said these protests could be China’s biggest political threat since the massacre of pro-democracy activists in Tiananmen Square in 1989.
Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement
10. At least 41 protesters have been reported injured since demonstrations broke out.
11. Protesters took to carrying umbrellas to protect themselves from pepper spray, leading some to dub the movement the Umbrella Revolution.
Protesters also used goggles, raincoats, and masks as protection.
10. At least 41 protesters have been reported injured since demonstrations broke out.
11. Protesters took to carrying umbrellas to protect themselves from pepper spray, leading some to dub the movement the Umbrella Revolution.
Protesters also used goggles, raincoats, and masks as protection.
Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement
12. Demonstrations continued to grow Monday, despite orders from Chinese authorities to end the strikes and protests.
Financial markets also took a dip, as Hong Kong’s unrest shook markets worldwide.
12. Demonstrations continued to grow Monday, despite orders from Chinese authorities to end the strikes and protests.
Financial markets also took a dip, as Hong Kong’s unrest shook markets worldwide.
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