Civil Disobedience in Hong Kong: Impacts and Ricochets
Friday, October 10th, 2014
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, October 10, 2014 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM | Seminar Room 208N, Munk School of Global Affairs 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
Occupy Central is a civil disobedience movement which began in Hong Kong on September 28, 2014. As an extension to the class boycott initiated by student groups in Hong Kong, it calls on thousands of protesters to block roads and paralyze Hong Kong’s financial district after Beijing and Hong Kong governments do not agree to implement universal suffrage for the chief executive election in 2017 and the Legislative Council elections in 2020 according to “international standards.”
To everyone’s surprise, the police unleashed unnecessary violence to the harmless protesters. Rumors that spread across people and media blurred the reasons to why the movement started in the first place. Amidst the chaos across the financial district of Hong Kong, there is talks of democracy, of Beijing intervention and whether or not this event will be a repeat of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident. Therefore, what started out as a student protest and class boycott turned into a long-term civil disobedience movement that further segregates opinions.
The question now is, what will it take to defuse the current standoff? Is the “one country two system model” feasible? What is the event’s impact on the Greater China Region
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