Ben Hedges returning to his birthplace, Hong Kong, after seeing images of the student protests on televisions in order to find out what exactly has happened to Hong Kong since it was handed over to the Chinese regime in 1997.
Formal talks between student representatives and Hong Kong government officials will commence on Friday, a potential step to ending the stand off known as Occupy Central.
The violent protesters opposing Occupy Central who have assaulted students and sexually harassed female protesters have ties to Beijing, according to Hongkongers observing the action.
HONG KONG—On the eve that Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying had demanded that they were supposed to peacefully disperse from their occupation of the roads and squares surrounding government offices here, Hong Kong students instead erected a statue representing their movement—it’s yellow umbrella pointed defiantly to government headquarters, quickly earning it the name ‘Umbrella Man.’