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.