A couple of good sources on the protests:
Hong Kong Protests Expose Generational, Economic Divide - WSJ
and footage from a drone to give you a sense of the size of the protest:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-29/stunning-drone-clip-reveals-massive-size-hong-kong-protest
I thought the generational divide in Hong Kong was interesting especially since I think you can see the same divide throughout the west. This all is a bit scary, don't you think?
The generational divide is not too surpassing based on the context of this topic, I think. However, the divide is quite extreme.
ReplyDeleteInterestingly, "46.3% of the city's residents opposed Occupy Central while 31.3% supported it. But the group has more support among the young. According to the poll, 47% of people under 24 back Occupy Central compared with 20.9% of those ages 40-59. In further statistics discussing a plan in which Hong Kong residents will be allowed to vote for chief executive for the first time but will only be allowed to choose among candidates approved by a nominating committee that Beijing largely controls, generational divide is increasingly evident. In regards to this plan, 75.8% of people age 15 to 24 opposed the plan while 45.3% of people aged 40-59 oppose it.
With the conclusion, I start to think about the future:
"The young are full of idealism," Mr. Szeto said. "They don't have the perspective of time and don't see, relative to 20 years ago, how much progress the Communist party has made."
Based on the generational divide and the "idealism" in the younger generation, what does the future look like: More democratic potentially? Or, will the existing generations stand and prevail?