In continuation of China ruling out open election in Hong Kong, there has been a rally of thousands of Hong Kong university students boycotting the limitation of voting rights proposed by Beijing. The election votes for Hong Kong's top official, which has been a power only China had for more than a decade. About 13,000 students attended the rally on Monday, and will continue to boycott classes until full freedom is delivered. Many people believe this is only the beginning of how far Hong Kong's residence are willing to go for democracy."'We have to raise our bargaining power,' Alex Chow Yong Kang, the secretary general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students, said in an interview. 'We have to tell them that Hong Kong people are willing to sacrifice much more.'" ~ The New York Times
I think this is definitely going to escalate farther. It's been notified that Hong Kong has been struggling for democracy for years, but has spiked since the final statement from China stating there will be no open vote elections in Hong Kong. China has had full power over Hong Kong's top official elections [the highest position in Hong Kong], being the owner of the territory. Looks like this is a serious matter for Hong Kong, and that they will stop at nothing until China budges.
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