1989 Beijing v.s. 2019 Hong Kong

This page compares the Tiananmen Square Massacre and Protest in Beijing in 1989 to the Anti-extradition Law Movement in Hong Kong in 2019. Through the given map and key below, this page aims to evaluate the effect of the proximity to central government infrastructures on one's political involvement. The following map and key are supported by reliable data and Feng's family history.

Please refer to the following map key for explanations of map icons:

Key for icons on map (2019 HK v.s. 1989 Beijing)

Key for icons on map (2019 HK v.s. 1989 Beijing)

The map and key above demonstrate how the geographical proximity of my father and I's childhood home and schools to significant government buildings affected our involvement in the two major pro-democracy movements in Beijing and Hong Kong, respectively. Though the scale of both protests is not comparable, I found parallelism in them. Both events originated as student-led movements demanding true democracy, demonstrations occurred, and both ended with CCP's military forces. History repeats itself. Will another pro-democracy movement happen in the near future? 

1989 Beijing v.s. 2019 Hong Kong