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Ken Tsang took quite a beating from the cops
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Two years ago we had the same thing happen in Tokyo. Protesting around Ginza , traffic jams and unsightly , too.
Give it time, eventually it will dissipate.
Ken Tsang took quite a beating from the cops
Yup. Thats what I think initially
When their thrill die down things will return to normal
However it seems their background of supporting organization are more complicated than the one held in Japan
oh well can't be to bothered about thatActually from what I saw on the net the HK police were very careless of not knowing so many journalists and cameras around
It seems so. I think there are 4 camps that are part of this protest in Hong Kong. And its definitely very well organized.
oh well can't be to bothered about that
These cops are quite artistic if i say so myself, if done by the PLA it would be a masterpieceDid he ask for a free tatoo and the HK police duely complied?
These cops are quite artistic if i say so myself, if done by the PLA it would be a masterpiece
http://news.yahoo.com/ferguson-police-chief-apologizes-over-black-teens-shooting-175705040.htmlThere are gangs and violence in this world. You fix one another takes its place. It is an ongoing battle for police. Sometimes mistake happens. We are all just human.
As for the case you presented. It was resolved. The officer was removed from his position. Protester made their point. They showed that unity is power.
Ferguson police chief apologizes over black teen's shooting - Yahoo News
I never said Democracy is God, but it is the only system present that helps protect the people in such within the rules of law and limits the power of government officials. Changes takes time. I am not trying to advocate democracy. I am just defending it. Government officials are not born with the abilities to read our minds. How would they know what we need without asking us or by us telling them? Changes don't happen immediately with protest. It take months or years. There is a process that takes place.
Please read factor effecting democracy in India in the link provided below. I am not that good with India's politics.
Democracy in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For a developing country, multi party democracy system is a hindrence.
The road to development is already well proven.
1. One party authoritarian government to ensure political stability
2. Mass manufacturing to absorb the poor masses
3. Low currency to drive export
4. Infrastructure building to facilitate manufacturing and export
Economies that did that.
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Occupy Central mirrors geopolitical shift
By Ding Gang
Shenzhen and Hong Kong are separated by a single narrow river. My first visit to Hong Kong was four years ago. Back then I took an 80 yuan ($13) shuttle bus from Shenzhen Airport and arrived in central Hong Kong two hours later, right at the place where the ongoing Occupy Central movement is underway.
I remember walking through the district, looking around street corners, and seeing in the stores many tourists from the Chinese mainland, just like me.
How many of us can still remember hearing of vast numbers of mainlanders risking their lives to flee to Hong Kong just a few decades ago?
The Beijing-based Global People magazine interviewed Chen Bing'an, author of The Great Exodus, in its early September edition. Chen estimated that a total of more than 1 million people fled to Hong Kong after 1949.
He also cited other statistics: In 1978 the annual per capital income of farmers in Shenzhen was only 134 yuan ($21.8), while farmers living in Hong Kong's New Territories could earn as high as HK$13,000 ($1675.7).
But that was exactly the year of transformation. The Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee was convened in December 1978.
Three decades later, UK scholar Martin Jacques wrote "And - with a little historical license - we should regard 1978 more properly as marking the beginning of the 21st century, the event that ushered in a new epoch, though barely anyone could possibly have realized it at the time" in an opinion piece published in the Guardian in May 2006. A radical change rarely seen during the past 500 years kicked off in 1978.
This is the historical background for the story of today's Hong Kong. Hong Kong is no longer a showcase, a banner, or a fortress, but rather has become a Chinese city at a similar level with Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou or Chongqing.
Before 1997, the strategic position of Hong Kong was decided by its identity as a British colony and by the Cold War architecture. The Cold War also turned the city into a fortress. This position started to change with China's reform and opening-up policy.
However, it should be noted that Cold War geopolitics wrought differences not only in systems, but also in people's mentality, understanding of history and views of democracy.
The Occupy Central movement reflects Hongkongers' identity crisis and mental maladjustment, both brought about by geopolitical changes. That can also explain why Hong Kong has long been mired in the center of geopolitical controversy.
Nowadays, Chinese investors are looking around Asia and around the world for their next opportunity. Chinese tourists can also be found everywhere. They bring not merely money, but also their perspectives of the current global political and economic orders. Their outlook of global order derived from an oriental culture distinct from Western traditions.
When news of Occupy Central first broke, one of my colleagues was interviewing a businessman from Central China's Hunan Province on a 3,800-meter-high plateau in Bolivia.
She told me that the Chinese firm had given the poverty-stricken village in the Andes Mountains an unprecedented opportunity for development. Now villagers there have smart phones.
Sharing China's development dividend has become a pervasive phenomenon in Asia. The 2008 global financial crisis shook the foundation of global public trust in the US and Europe. Meanwhile, Asia has seen accelerated geopolitical changes, and China's image has become increasingly positive. This partly explains why some in the US and the UK are so excited about the Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong.
In the past, the rise of great powers determined the direction of geopolitical order. Occupy Central reminds us that the formation of a new geopolitical order requires not just the rebalancing of regional power structures, but also the restructuring of intellectual identities. The later may takes longer time.
Nevertheless, a re-configuration of the Asian order is now inevitable, although economic integration within the region has yet to be reflected at the level of political coordination.
The influence of the old order will fade away on the historical stage, a trend that Hong Kong can in no way change.
The author is a senior editor with People's Daily. He is now stationed in Brazil. dinggang@globaltimes.com.cn. Follow him on Twitter at @dinggangchina
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This reminds me of the East Sea. China has been illegally occupying the East Sea. The should clear out so that fishermen may return to their work.
Going back to sleep.