Summary of events

The sign says: "10 years after HK returned to China, business and government collude, black box exercises, health care and education are all messed up."

Sunday March 18 saw Hong Kong people take the streets of HK Island to protest for universal suffrage in 2012. Next Sunday March 25 800 Beijing-selected members of the chief executive electorate will choose Hong Kong's next chief executive. This "election" has already been pre-determined as a majority of those electors are pro-Beijing. However, there is another candidate that garnered enough nominations for the electors and he has been running a campaign that is calling for universal suffrage in 2012, the date of the next chief executive election.

I had a nice time playing photojournalist for one afternoon and supported the protesters in spirit. If universal suffrage were to be implemented for the next election that is the year I'd be eligible to vote in HK as well. I'm skeptical that it'll happen but optimistic nonetheless.