Hong Kong – Tear-gas and Brollies

As tear-gas and pepper spray rained down on pro-democracy demonstrators, the Occupy Central movement was christened the “umbrella revolution” by the international media. But is it a revolution? While the aggressive action by the state shocked many in China’ Special Administrative Region, have the events of the weekend put the opposing forces on an inevitable collision course? We explore.This is a report by Haniff BaharudinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.