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Pro-democracy demonstrations arise following a crystal clear message delivered by mainland China's National People's Congress (NPC) that universal suffrage in Hong Kong is not an option, and no other country may interfere.
The NPC Standing Committee has set aside demands for democratic elections in Hong Kong and insisted that only pro-CCP candidates can run for the position of Chief Executive in 2017 citing that it is a matter of 'national security.'
Zhang Dejiang from China's Politburo Standing Committee believes that Beijing has already expected protests and rallies from Hong Kong pro-democracy advocates and is "psychologically prepared" to deal with them.
Early in September, a spokesperson from the Chinese foreign ministry has explained that Hong Kong political reform is an 'internal affair' for the mainland adding that the Chinese regime does not "allow any outside forces to interfere."
This is after a letter from China emerged demanding the British to retract their query regarding how the bilateral agreement with the European country is being upheld.
Cited as a "highly inappropriate" interference, China has warned Britain that it is risking bilateral relations with the Asian giant if it pursues inquiry on Hong Kong's democracy bout.
"My job is to see if Britain is living up to its side of the undertakings and, secondly, if China isn't living up to their undertakings, then what is the British government doing about it ... This is not interfering in the internal affairs of China," foreign affairs select committee Sir Richard Ottaway clarified.
The Wall Street Journal has deemed this to be a failure on the part of Britain "to express even mild criticism of Beijing's treaty violation," citing the promised Hong Kong autonomy indicated in China's 1984 treaty with the United Kingdom.
Seemingly alone it its battle for freedom, Hong Kong pro-democracy advocates have not lost hope in their pursuit of what they believe to be rightfully theirs as even the youth become front-liners in the process.
On Monday, Joshua Wong, a 17-year-old skinny, bespectacled student joined thousands of other students in boycotting their classes to protests against China's latest "proposal" to only allow Beijing-approved candidates to vie for the highest position in Hong Kong.
Wong and the other young activists will be organizing street demonstrations and other activities showing that they will not bow down to the Chinese-dictatorship that easily.
"You have to see every battle as possibly the final battle - only then will you have the determination to fight," Wond stated.
