Some new artwork for the 'umbrella movement'...
Another great short from an expressway overpass looking down into a main entrance to the government complex. Notice the overall headcount of police officers: curiously low. Smart strategy, me thinks.
At the very heart of the political protests, a man with a grey goatee gave a rousing political speach into a bullhorn.
The same speaker, closer.
An effigy was errected by local artists at the very center of the protests. I don't know its exact meaning, but it may draw from Lady Liberty (from New York City and Paris) or the Goddess of Democracy (from the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989). Of course, the statue holds, with an extended arm, a yellow umbrella -- a symbol of these protests.
I saw about fifty copies of this sign on the route home. It was new today.
A large banner, more than ten meters long, hangs on the side of an expressway off-ramp. These protests center around the coming election in 2017 for the next head of state ("CEO") in Hongkong. Under recently announced plans, Beijing will vet each candidate for sufficient patriotism. These protesters ask for full control of the selection process.
At the outer edge of the center, a table was setup. A group of students sat to have an evening snack and share stories.
Another single page-sized poster from an unnamed artist. Unfortunately, I don't know the meaning.
A last look back from a pedestrian overpass to the road below. A bus roars past on a rare stretch of open expressway, while students wait patiently, keeping watch over the barriers.
In closing, I leave you, the reader, with a short video of the police standing guard at a main entrance to the government center. You can clearly see their bordem.
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