A paradigm shift in civil society: from the Umbrella to the Fishball Revolution

By Daniel Lee, of progressive bookstores HK Reader and The Coming Society. Translation by Jeffrey Yeung. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, a riot surprisingly broke out in Mong Kok. A Wikipedia entry titled “Fishball Revolution” sprang up within a couple of hours. Most commentators condemned the violence, and most commentators outside the pro-Beijing … Continue reading A paradigm shift in civil society: from the Umbrella to the Fishball Revolution