Brian Yeung: Hong Kong is not Kiev, nor Donetsk
Protesters are unarmed. They have no self-defense force. What they have is an umbrella – for the sun, for the rain, and perhaps for the tear gas. Protesters demand universal suffrage, a genuine one, which is promised by Hong Kong Basic Law Article 45. They are neither overthrowing the current system nor the government; they ask for a genuine implementation of the constitution. So umbrella movement is a demonstration; not a revolution. Protesters threaten to occupy government building but...