Hong Kong democracy protest/ movement "The umbrella revolution"

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The situation in Hong Kong over the couple weeks has gone from chaos to calm and back again,it is a mess as tensions grow and pro-democracy throngs clash with pro-China demonstrators.It all started on Sept. 26, when hundreds of students gathered in a courtyard in Central Hong Kong, demanding an end to Chinese oppression and control. Dozens of demonstrators were arrested, with hundreds vowing to stay put to continue the protest.Protesters want the Chinese government to scrap rules allowing it to vet Hong Kong's top leader in the 2017 poll. China’s modern history with Hong Kong has been complicated, to say the least. For more than 150 years, Hong Kong belonged to Britain.  Then in 1997 Britain handed the thriving metropolis back to China in a political deal called “One Country, Two Systems,” which allowed Hong Kong to maintain some of the freedoms and independence mainland Chinese people do not have, such as freedom of the press and the right to assemble. The people of Hong Kong would even be allowed to elect their own leader in 2017.China has also condemned the protest, and offered "its strong backing" to the Hong Kong government.The broader Occupy Central protest movement threw its weight behind the student-led protests on Sunday, bringing forward a mass civil disobedience campaign due to start on Wednesday.But this summer China started to backpedal. It announced to Hong Kong that those elections could proceed only if the Chinese government selected all the candidates. To the people of Hong Kong, that meant they wouldn’t have much control over their own government after all.The students hit the streets, and thousands from Hong Kong rushed to join them in the days that followed.Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung said the demonstration was "illegal" and elections would go ahead as planned. The Chinese government and the protesters have dug in their heels, and negotiations have failed. Now counter-protests from pro-China residents are complicating the situation.

Hong Kong demographics

Hong Kong

Ethnic Group: 93.6% Chinese
                        6.4% Others

Population: 7,234,800

Density: 17,024/sq mi (ranked #4 most densely city in the world)

Total fertility rate: 1.11 children born per woman






Population graph of Hong Kong

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Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world with 6,300 people per square kilometer rate making it the 4th most densely city in the world but yet Hong Kong has one of the world's lower birth rates with fertility rate of 1.11 child per woman of child bearing age as of 2013 far below the replacement rate 2.1 with of 1,032 child born in 2009 to every 1,000 women. It is estimated that 26.8% of the population will be aged over 65 or more in 2033. Why is that? Why are people not willing to give birth in Hong Kong (keep in mind 1 child policy do not apply in Hong Kong). 

In the 1970s, Hong Kong’s government worked hard to persuade people against having too many children—with posters around town declaring “Two is enough” and “Family planning can make work a delight and life blissful.” Fast forward 40 years, and the reverse is true, with demographers now wringing their hands over low fertility rates. Like much of Asia, with rising education levels, declining marriage rates and longer work hours, Hong Kong has seen its youth population shrink. By 2030, a quarter of its population is expected to be age 65 and above, according to government estimates. Also one explanation is that Hong Kong is a city, and people in cities tend to have less children than people in rural areas: space is at a premium, and you don’t need children to help out on the farm. In Shanghai, for example, there’s only around 0.9 births per women, compared to a China-wide average of 1.7. 

Three Thematic Maps

This is a map of South East China, Hong Kong is a very small city that is located at the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone , next to Shenzhen and Guangzhou and Macau facing the South China Sea.

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This is map of Hong Kong and it land mark and where you can go for sightseeing.

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This the a map of Hong Kong, it is more detailed than two maps above, it shows the different districts of Hong Kong and it population in each area, as you can see the population are concentrated along the harbor, the three districts that with the highest population is Yau Tsim Mong, Kwun Tong, and Wong Tai Sin, where they all located in Kowloon.

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