Is Hong Kong on the verge of another Tiananmen Square or Cultural Revolution?

[CK_John]

HONG KONG — In his black T-shirt, shorts and flip flops, Joshua Wong could be just another Hong Kong high school student.

But the 17-year-old has fast become the bête noire of China’s state media — they have called him an extremist and a buffoon in response to his leadership of student protests demanding greater democracy in the former British colony now ruled by China.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/china/can-17-year-old-democracy-protester-joshua-wong-defeat-beijing-n210701

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IMO, this new connected generation is coming of age but...China has almost totally erased all reference to the evil events of Tiananmen.

Hopefully the old guard of China has learned something also.

[malaise]

1. Ask the Occupy movement n/t

[CK_John]

2. I don't see the connection. nt

[Chathamization]

6. The current protests are part of the Occupy movement, I believe

The current Occupy Central seems to be an outgrowth of the 2011-12 Occupy Central. Someone who's more knowledgeable can correct me.

[CK_John]

3. The Financial Times Ltd has caught up with DU

This is China’s biggest challenge since Tiananmen

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e1f7562a-4593-11e4-9b71-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3EhzBuaZ5

[sabbat hunter]

4. The cultural Revolution

was a long drawn out affair over many years.

It looks like it is headed towards a Tiananmen, but with with social media these days China will find it harder to try to cover up (and it failed back in 1989 to do so with no social media)

[CK_John]

5. China is at another crossroad as it was with Formosa which was the reason for

the Cultural Revolution.

They have to decide again to accept less control over the population and the economy or.............

Return to the 5yr economic planning and commune lifestyle.

[sufrommich]

7. The Cultural Revolution was an enforced

purge of anyone who dared to defy Mao's version of communism. I doubt that's what the protesters in Hong Kong are aiming for.

[CK_John]

8. Not worried about the protester but the old guard that followed in Mao's shoes.