Hong Kong Main Demonstration Sites
Description/Relevance:
Between September and December 2014, significant demonstrations were held in Hong Kong in protest of the Chinese government's decision to make changes to the current election form, thus delaying Hong Kong people's pursuit of true democracy. The 2017 Chief Executive candidate has to be pro-Beijing, viewed by many Hong Kong citizens as a limitation to many future democratic reforms and policy-making.
The map is relevant as it points out major sites of demonstrations, informing the citizens of Hong Kong where to go if they wanted to join the protest, or NOT to go if they wanted to avoid the sites. Safety is always a big issue, and best measured by social media and real-time maps, if possible.
If traffic was affected as roads were blocked, the public would be able to find alternative routes on the same map. As several locations are marked on the map as protest sites, it implicates the significance of the protest, especially when all of them are considered rural downtown areas.
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Questions to ask:
- Why these particular locations? More open space? More crowds? Accessibility? Closer to government spaces?
- How big were the areas of demonstrations?
- Are the area of protests similar in terms of their sizes?
- What are the damages done to the areas?
- How many people participated in each of the protests?
- Did anyone got hurt/killed? Were there any safety measures?
- Were local businesses affected?
- Why did the demonstrations go on for so long?
- Why did the demonstrations end?
- What did government officials say and how did they re-act regarding the demonstrations? Were there any kind of negotiations?
- Who started the demonstrations? Is there an incident that triggered so much anger?
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