Takeaways From the ‘Occupy Central’ Fiasco

Posted by david on Dec 15, 2014 in Blog | 0 comments

Here are 10 calmly reasoned lessons from the Hong Kong ‘Occupy Central’ protests offered by Han Zhu, a senior fellow at the Shanghai-based Chunqiu Institute for Development and Strategic Studies.  I would add a couple more, themes that I have elaborated on in past posts:  political protest cannot mask economic resentment of mainlanders; Hong Kong political reform cannot be pursued in isolation from the mainland.

1. Beijing will not budge under pressure.

2. Hong Kong citizens reject illegal actions.

3. Pursuit of democracy by undemocratic means won’t work.

4. Street politics lead to anarchism.

5. Street politics divide society.

6. Democracy can only be built incrementally.

7. Political turbulence hurts the economy.

8. Poverty and inequality must be tackled.

9. Fat cats are getting too fat.

10. Cooperation is the only way forward.

The full article can be seen at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/han-zhu/10-lessons-from-hong-kong-protests_b_6316096.html?utm_hp_ref=world