The Bank of China is towering over Hong Kong. Since the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997 the People's Republic of China has tried repeatedly to gain more control over the city, in spite the One Country - Two Systems agreement.
Hong Kong people have fought for their rights: in 2003, in 2014 with the Umbrella Movement, and over the past weeks with two million people marching on the streets.
The movement of Hong Kong has also affected Taiwan. Not only have the Taiwanese become aware that they might be the next Hong Kong, but also with many Hong Kong Chinese fleeing to Taiwan. It is interesting what is happening at the moment.
Here is an interesting article mentioning Neera Chandhoke's political of voice and describing the changes of civic space over the past decades.
The whole world is reporting on what happens in Hong Kong. On the Chinese "Google" Baidu not one single word is mentioned about the demonstrations.