Are you seriously talking about the China of today? This critique belongs in the 1980s. You can't ignore demographics, just look where the population is. I thi

Are you seriously talking about the China of today? This critique belongs in the 1980s. You can't ignore demographics, just look where the population is. I think it is very hard for us outside of Hong Kong to understand the problem. Speaking to people that live there, (with no reason to be beholden to the PRC), they think it is mainly disenfranchised youth causing problems and dressing up like ninjas (their words not mine) rather than the noble rebellion as portrayed by the media.