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More than 100,000 residents took the streets
More than 100,000 residents took the streets
The protest was designed as a message of defiance to the visiting Chinese premier Hu Jintao, who was greeted by Hong Kong's new chief executive Leung Chun-ying ((below left, with Mr Hu), that Hong Kong values its autonomy and does not want to be a puppet of Beijing.
"Hong Kong has freedoms and we have the right to protest. Why do you stop us from walking?" said a councillor and democracy activist, Lee Cheuk-yan. During Mr Hu's speech, a heckler who called for an end to one-party rule and dictatorship in China was led away by police.
...and so many others around the world do not?
I have heard that big things have been going on in Mexico City, maybe in Italy, and probably a bunch of other places.
But all we hear about is how the Hong Kong people don't like Red China (that's what we used to call it during the Cold War).
Could this be because all the other protests are against Western powers?