Protests
Measuring people power
How do Hong Kong’s protests stack up against other displays of people
power? They are brave and important, posing the biggest challenge from
the streets to China’s government since Tiananmen Square in 1989. But in
absolute numbers they are small: 100,000 is a fraction of the number of
Catalans who marched in Barcelona last month seeking a referendum on
independence from Spain; of Brazilians who demonstrated against
corruption and poor public services in June 2013; or of Egyptians who
took to Cairo’s streets a few days later to demand the resignation of
the president, Muhammad Morsi.
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