• Hong Kong student leaders arrested as police clear protest site BY FARAH MASTER AND JAMES POMFRET

Hong Kong student leaders arrested as police clear protest site
BY FARAH MASTER AND JAMES POMFRET

Policemen clear a protest site on the main Nathan Road, which was occupied by pro-democracy protesters for weeks, at Mongkok district in Hong Kong November 26, 2014.

• Is 2014 the Start of an Asian Spring?

Is 2014 the Start of an Asian Spring?

2014 has been an historic year for protests in Asia, where until now political freedom has lagged economic growth.By Nithin Coca

In Hong Kong, it’s a yellow umbrella.
In Taiwan, the similarly bright sunflower. 

• HONG KONG: 'Don't Call Me Chinese, Please'

The New Shame: 

'Don't Call Me Chinese, Please'
Record low number of Hong Kongers call themselves 'Chinese'
AFP

Is China a curse?

• Who are the Umbrella Movement protesters remaining on the streets of Hong Kong? BY ELLIE NG

Indefinite Resurrection
Who are the Umbrella Movement protesters 

remaining on the streets of Hong Kong?
BY ELLIE NG

"I'm ready to stay for as long as the protests last," said the 20-year-old pro-democracy protester Dicky Chu, expressing a commitment common among the hundreds of resolute protesters who are driving Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement well into its second month.

• Why We Should Abandon 'Socialism With Chinese Characteristics' By Bao Tong

  Why We Should Abandon 'Socialism 

With Chinese Characteristics' 

By Bao Tong

Chinese paramilitary police officers pick up protest leaflets near an entrance to Tiananmen Square, on the day the Chinese Communist Party opened a major plenum meeting in Beijing at which reforming the rule of law was discussed, Oct. 20, 2014.

• DDoS Attacks Against Hong Kong Movement Linked to Chinese Government - Eduard Kovacs

DDoS Attacks Against Hong Kong Movement 

Linked to Chinese Government

"The Chinese government is utilizing their deep hacking expertise garnered to shut down any online systems hosting information pertaining to and supporting the Pro-Democracy Movement in Hong Kong. All the while, they continue to shut down Social Media via the Great FireWall of China and thereby limit access to information on the Internet." -- FireEye
By Eduard Kovacs

• Hong Kong protesters: Images of determination By Associated Press

Hong Kong protesters: Images of determination 

By Associated Press

HONG KONG — On the evening of Sept. 28, Hong Kong police struggling to hold back thousands of democracy protesters unleashed dozens of rounds of tear gas in a failed attempt to disperse them. When the smoke cleared, Hong Kong had changed.
Many young people who previously were indifferent to politics say they experienced an awakening.

• Hong Kong Marks One-month Anniversary of Student Protests - VOA News

Hong Kong Marks One-month 

Anniversary of Student Protests
VOA News

Protesters in Hong Kong are marking the one-month anniversary of their student-led pro-democracy demonstrations. The anniversary on Tuesday comes amid an impasse between the protesters and authorities in the semiautonomous Chinese territory.

• Beijing’s Hong Kong Disinformation - L. GORDON CROVITZ

Beijing’s Hong Kong Disinformation

Declassified records show China always opposed democracy, even when Hong Kong was a colony.
By L. GORDON CROVITZ

Officials in Beijing claim they’re doing more for democracy in Hong Kong than Britain ever did in colonial days. 

• China Began Push Against Hong Kong Elections in ’50s - ANDREW JACOBS

China Began Push Against Hong Kong Elections in ’50s

Chinese communist leaders were so opposed to the prospect of a democratic Hong Kong that they threatened to invade should London attempt to change the status quo.
By ANDREW JACOBS

• Hong Kong protesters remind us why democracy is worth fighting for - Owen Jones

Hong Kong protesters remind us why 

democracy is worth fighting for

These protests are a reminder of a simple truth. Democracy is a universal right, not a privilege reserved for westerners - By Owen Jones

Pro-democracy protesters look towards the advancing police prior to a confrontation outside the central government offices in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong.

• Hong Kong Protesters Focus on Holding Volatile Mong Kok

Hong Kong Protesters Focus on Holding 

Volatile Mong Kok 

by Brian Padden

October 24, 2014 9:38 AM

HONG KONG— Two Hong Kong protest sites occupied by pro-democracy activists, the city's financial district and a high-end retail area, have been relatively calm, but the third site, the working class neighborhood Mong Kok, continues to be contentious. Activists say holding Mong Kok is key to the success of their movement, despite confrontations with angry residents, anti-protest groups and police.

• US Democracy Group Rebuts Hong Kong Meddling Allegations - Michael Lipin

US Democracy Group Rebuts Hong Kong Meddling Allegations
Michael Lipin

WASHINGTON—
A U.S. nongovernmental organization accused of instigating Hong Kong's pro-democracy "Occupy" street protests says it is engaged in normal cooperation with civic groups in the Chinese territory and has nothing to hide.

• Hong Kong Stars Face Mainland Backlash Over Support for Protests By AMY QIN and ALAN WONG

Hong Kong Stars Face Mainland Backlash Over Support for Protests
By AMY QIN and ALAN WONG

Pro-democracy protesters at their barricade on Friday in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong.

• Hong Kong has too many poor people to allow direct elections, leader says

Hong Kong has too many poor people to allow direct elections, leader says

HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement protesters have been demanding that the city’s top official, CY Leung, step down for weeks now. They may soon be joined by many more of the city’s 7 million residents, after a controversial interview last night in which Leung suggested that election reforms sought by the protestors would invite undue influence from the city’s poor.

• Hong Kong's Dampened Umbrella Revolution Shows Beijing's Creative Limits

Hong Kong's Dampened Umbrella Revolution Shows Beijing's Creative Limits

The wishful thinking that China can conquer Silicon Valley, Madison Avenue, Japan and European tech hubs without freedom of speech and press amounts to Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward in 1958, a dream of industrial progress that fell flat.
By Paul Glader  

• Is Hong Kong China's Future? By William Pesek

Is Hong Kong China's Future?
By William Pesek

Hopes that Hong Kong would one day transform China in its own image now seem foolish and futile. Beijing appears intent on making the former British colony look more like the mainland -- with a closed political system dominated by the Communist Party. 

• Hong Kong Leader Warns Poor Would Sway Vote - Ken Brown

Hong Kong Leader Warns Poor Would Sway Vote 

Leung Chun-ying Plays Down Expectations Ahead of Government Meeting With Student Protesters
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying maintains that demands for direct input from the public on the nomination of candidates for the city’s top post would be impossible and could lead the poor and working class to dominate elections. Associated Press 

• An Urban Village Pops Up To Comfort Hong Kong Protesters - by FRANK LANGFITT

An Urban Village Pops Up To Comfort Hong Kong Protesters

by FRANK LANGFITT

Hong Kong's main pro-democracy protest camp turned 3 weeks old on Saturday. What began as a roadblock has grown into an urban village, with several hundred tents that attract more than a thousand people at night. The camp is a combination street fair and outdoor art gallery, with political sculptures and posters as well as speeches, movie screenings — even a free library.

• Hong Kong protests: Leader says 'external forces' involved

Hong Kong protests: 

Leader says 'external forces' involved

Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests have lasted for more than three weeks
Hong Kong leader CY Leung has accused "external forces" of involvement in the territory's pro-democracy protests.