It's only about a 20-minute walk north from my hotel to the Occupy Central demonstration in Hong Kong. I was kind of surprised how large the protest is -- several long city blocks are completely shut down in Mong Kok, a major Hong Kong business district. It's actually a calm, interesting area in which to wander around -- and traffic-free now thanks to the ongoing demonstration. I enjoyed my recent travels in China and found it to be a fascinating place to explore, but can completely understand why the people of Hong Kong do not want to be subsumed by a country with such a poor record on human rights, e.g., severe restrictions on freedom of speech, including heavyhanded censorship of the media and the internet.
The majority of demonstrators are fairly young, but there are also older people taking part as well.
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