1、 www.crs.gov | 7-5700 October 24, 2014 Protests in Hong Kong: The Umbrella MovementA Brief History of the Protests Hong Kongs protests, dubbed the “Umbrella Movement” by its organizers, began on September 23, 2014, when a group of university students organized by the Hong Kong Federation of Students
2、 (HKFS) and another student organization called Scholarism, marched through central Hong Kong to protest against the Chinas National Peoples Congress Standing Committees (NPCSC) August 31, 2014, decision, which would restrict the number of and manner in which candidates for the citys next Chief Exec
3、utive may be selected. The NPCSC decision could lead to the election of the Chief Executive by universal suffrage, as provided for in Hong Kongs Basic Law (which grants Hong Kongs “high degree of autonomy” under Chinas “one country, two systems” policy) and the NPCSCs December 2007 decision. In the
4、days immediately following the march, thousands of protestors gathered in Tamar Park, the site of Hong Kongs main government buildings, calling for a meeting with Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying (C. Y. Leung). The Hong Kong government declared the demonstrations illegal, and called for the protester
