Tear gas and chaos: The images coming from Hong Kong are insane http://t.co/2b6hrcYrKx pic.twitter.com/GCQKD7t5C0
— BI MIL/DEF (@BI_Defense) September 28, 2014
Umbrella man. RT pic.twitter.com/udcC8WUeKZ
— Carrie Gracie (@BBCCarrie) September 28, 2014
Students trying to block MTR exit on rumors that lots of police are transported and entered Admiralty via subway. pic.twitter.com/d660x6m8vm
— Fiona Law (@law_fiona) September 28, 2014
Now, the function of #HK MTR is to transport police to HK Island #OccupyCentral pic.twitter.com/blX9Rnhk5W
— Badcanto (@Badcanto) September 28, 2014
LIVE: #OccupyCentral protesters have stood their ground despite police baton charges, tear gas http://t.co/BnfkMEqQM1 pic.twitter.com/6H0BrUZFdo
— SCMP News (@SCMP_News) September 28, 2014
5am. Mass sleep-in continues. pic.twitter.com/g2shtBp7Ol
— Venus Wu (@wu_venus) September 28, 2014
725am central HK. Chinese flag turned upside down by protesters. Standoff continues. No sign of police action pic.twitter.com/pJKhmCjlrS
— Andrew Stevens (@andrewcnn) September 28, 2014
7:30am. Good morning Hong Kong. pic.twitter.com/pApqO4GALW
— Venus Wu (@wu_venus) September 28, 2014
As morning breaks over Hong Kong, exhausted protesters still very much in control on the streets pic.twitter.com/hWXH11UVdS
— Jerome Taylor (@JeromeTaylor) September 28, 2014
Protesters at Admiralty are cleaning up the streets and collecting rubbish. pic.twitter.com/CfJzYeJsHQ
— Varsity CUHK (@varsitycuhk) September 29, 2014
Surreal Monday morning rush hour in Hong Kong. Eight lanes empty of traffic. pic.twitter.com/ucp3CtQKOy
— enda curran (@endacurran) September 28, 2014
LIVE: Secondary school kids in Kwai Tsing 'strike' to protest police action #OccupyCentral http://t.co/7ftMvCir5C pic.twitter.com/MbIQulkyfP
— SCMP News (@SCMP_News) September 29, 2014
This is Causeway Bay NOW. 人山人海 #UmbrellaRevolution #OccupyCausewayBay pic.twitter.com/rZFRWCVI7y
— Pearl Law (@pearldraws) September 29, 2014
CEO of ad agency with over 200 employees said it will not punish anyone who skips work to protest. (Apple Daily) pic.twitter.com/AzDjylSHPd
— Alan Wong (@byAlanWong) September 29, 2014
Police senior inspector negotiating with protesters. They in return ask her to explain why police use excessive force pic.twitter.com/QsH4KZ0hTH
— Varsity CUHK (@varsitycuhk) September 29, 2014
These are just a small portion of the striking tweets with images* about the protests in Hong from Sunday through mid-Monday.
Instead of providing any commentary, I will simply share Zoher Abdoolcarim "5 Takeaways from Weekend of Protests" (HT James Fallows):
1. The protests cut across Hong Kong society
2. This is as much about inequality as democracy
3. The difference between Hong Kong and mainland China is not just political
4. Beijing is clearly mismanaging the fringes of China’s empire
5. Hong Kong faces a tough fight ahead
Each of the points speak to much, and more detail about each of them can be found in the article on Time. Abdoolcarim concludes with:
Hong Kong—which, with its 7 million people, is just a tiny corner of China—can expect no quarter from Beijing over its fight for democracy.
*Images may not appear if you are viewing this post through a reader. See the post here.
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