CAS350H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Umbrella Movement, Arab Spring, Bersih
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Occupy not used as a reference for demonstration until the 2011 occupy wall street movement, which protested against gross economic inequalities and greed and corruption in the face of the 2008 recession. Occupy taiwan legislature, occupy hong kong central. In hisotry, occupy movements in asia have been hugely consequential. 1986 people power revolution in the phillipines removed the tyrannical ferdinand marcos as president. 1989 tiananment square occupation led to international coverage of deaths among demonstrators at the hands of the chinese people"s liberation army. Umbrella movement coincided with arab spring uprising that overthrew many military bakced authoritarian regimes in the middle east. Occupy movements in asia today are broadly critical of the representatives and trustworthiness of their respective governments, they inspire a lack of momentous consequences. Interested in the long game of changing fundamental social and political conditions in respective nations. Demanded a full franchise free election without preconditions for hong kong.
