CMC staffer Adrian Hadland was born in Hong Kong and recently spent almost three years working on mainland China. In this article for the website, The Conversation, he writes about the protests currently taking place on the island and about the prospects for a peaceful resolution.
You can read the article in full here http://theconversation.com/great-firewall-of-china-tasked-with-keeping-hong-kong-conflagration-in-check-32288#comment_484704