Worth scanning the comments here for some extraordinary views on the source of the HK protests.
tl;dr the US has created the protests to destabilise China. E.g. The students are funded patsies “who are there for p**** and beer”. OMFG.
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2014/09/the-ned-hong-kong-riots.html
To be clear: most international coverage seems very nuanced and has picked up e.g. the new generation of Hong Kong people who don’t have any real alignment with China and can’t see any chance of prosperity in their home town.