The Occupy Central Priority is Political Reform in Hong Kong

Since Occupy Central for Love and Peace emerged as a major pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong two years ago, the Chinese government has portrayed it as a threat to the territory’s status as one of Asia’s largest financial hubs. Like Occupy Wall Street, the movement based in New York inspired it, Occupy Central uses the central…

As protesters continue to take to the streets of Hong Kong to protest China’s attempts to further its influence there, experts and analysts fear that greater involvement from the mainland could jeopardize its reputation as a finance hub — and that investors may already be looking elsewhere for a replacement. The “special administrative region” is known…

(Reuters) – A pro-democracy movement that has threatened to blockade Hong Kong’s financial district has said Beijing “brutally strangled” its fight for full democracy and vowed to take action. On Monday, Hong Kong police used pepper spray to disperse pro-democracy activists after China’s parliament had rejected democrats’ demands for the right to freely choose Hong Kong’s…