Oh and since
jynx is in HK, maybe tell anything about the protests for democracy and all that?
Sorry for the late reply.
Basically, it goes like this:
China said we are going to have an election where we as citizens can vote.
Sounds good.
Then, China said we can't choose the candidates for the election. They are choosing the candidates.
We were like, "what?"
So some organizations arranged a small protest, and a few were interested.
But then, the police decided to use TEAR GAS at them, who were completely peaceful.
That's how the people participating in later protests exploded.
The police tried to cover themselves up by arresting and accusing student leaders for all sorts of excuses, detaining them for nothing, etc.
These worsen the situation and drew more people into the protest.