Болотный Гонконг

Картинка по сути сходная с российским движением: склоки внутри верхушки и использование недовольства среднего класса. В данном случае гонконгская олигархия пытается сохранить известную самостоятельность от Китая, а местный средний класс грызётся за рабочие места с китайскими приезжими.

While the protests have been driven by broad concerns about democratic rights and the deteriorating prospects for young people, the student organisations and Occupy Central have narrowly confined their demands to the 2017 election. These groups are closely associated with the official opposition—the loose pan-democrat grouping—which represents layers of the Hong Kong elite who fear that Beijing’s domination of local politics will harm their business interests and undermine the territory’s position as China’s top financial centre.

<...> For young people, places in top universities and job opportunities have shrunk, partly because Hong Kong has become a pole of attraction for youth from the Chinese mainland. Some opposition parties and groups, such as the right-wing Civic Passion, are seeking to stir up Hong Kong parochialism by making Chinese mainlanders the scapegoat for the lack of jobs and housing.

При этом

Like the pan-democrats, the protest organisations do not address the pressing social needs facing millions of working people in one of the world’s most socially polarised cities. The economy, including the booming property market, is dominated by a handful of billionaire tycoons, many of whom, but not all, have close links to Beijing. A 2011 study found that 8.5 percent of households were US dollar millionaires.

At the other social pole, millions of working people struggle to survive on declining real wages and soaring housing costs. Some 20 percent of the population is living in poverty, with minimal social services.