A wave of protest in Hong Kong further engulfed the city on Monday as thousands of residents defied a government call to abandon street blockades, students boycotted classes and the city’s influential bar association added its condemnation of a police crackdown on protesters.
The continued public resistance underscored the difficulties that the Hong Kong government faces in defusing widespread anger that erupted on Sunday, after the police used tear gas, pepper spray and batons to break up a three-day sit-in by students and other residents demanding democratic elections in the semiautonomous Chinese territory.
On Monday afternoon, the Hong Kong government canceled the city’s annual fireworks show to mark China’s National Day, which falls on Wednesday — an implicit acknowledgment that officials expect the protests to continue for days.
The protesters are seeking fully democratic elections for the city's leaders in 2017, and they appear to be fairly determined.
Don't you just love the smell of revolution in the morning?
Update: Here is aerial footage of the protests. Pretty damn impressive.
The chinese regime is the most dangerous, most corrupt in the world. They have killed more people than stalin and hitler combined.
ReplyDeleteYes, but don't forget that Hong Kong only came under the control of the PRC in 1997. These folks have clear memories of a slightly more "democratic" tradition under the British.
ReplyDeleteHong Kong was supposed to be treated 'equal but different' to the rest of China, but only for a few years. Not sure for how many. Might be until 2017, which would be 20 years after takeover. I guess, the Chinese government thought, that would be enough time to forget the past...
ReplyDeleteHoping and wishing for the best for the people there. Maybe this will be the unravelling of the rest of China's brutal regime practices.
We take so much for granted, these people got a taste of democracy, and it looks like they want it back. It's nice to see drones used for peaceful purposes.
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