Is Hong Kong the future of China?

Frustrated middle class youth on the mainland might look again at what their Hong Kong brethren have wrought

Hong Kong protest
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj))

The media spotlight has shifted away from Hong Kong and toward President Obama's visit to Beijing, but students and activists remain in Admiralty and Mong Kok, and their demands for political change have not softened.

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