Hong Kong - government oppression

Question 1

what citizens are doing and why

Answer 1

• Used to be british colony until 1997
• when joined China didn’t get democracy promised
  = fighting for independence from china
• riots getting larger and more violent

Question 2

How have China reacted

Answer 2

• Police brutality
• Authors who write books that are banned in china disappeared
• China tried to install a pro china education system
• Chinese gov don’t want it to spread to mainland china
• Communism doesn’t tolerate defiance

Question 3

Why is it hard to stop riots

Answer 3

• hong kong is a very rich financial world centre
• if china sends troops it could be economically catastrophic
• Hong Kong gives china access to rest of the world
• 75 000 us expats in hong kong = getting americans involved