Research Proposal
Background information:
Since the end of September, Hong Kong student groups have been protesting against the Beijing Decision. Since then, the students had planned to protest after the online universal protest action was not taken seriously. The students from many famous universities occupied the central road of the most important financial districts and peacefully demonstrated their hope on having a real universal election.
The Student said they want their voices to be heard. Their spirit and courage have been cherished by many pro-democracies and many people thought they have seen hope in Hong Kong becoming democratic.
Apparently the central government fails to ease the angry students AND protest continues even after student-government talk recently. However, there seems to be other voices that haven't been heard from the media, especially probably have not reached the pro-democratic nations at the beginning. According to a YouTube recording, on day 2, there was one woman confronted the students, seemingly disagreeing with the student's action. Certainly this is not only one of those incidents.
Unavoidably, after a week of protest, as I have stated in the current situation, many citizens run onto the street and started the Anti-occupy actions. Elder citizens started an alliance which oppose occupy central but support universal election.
Opposing ideas exist between pro-democracies and pro-stabilities.
Research question & method:
What could students have done differently to avoid conflicts with other citizens and be more effective?
To answer this question, the paper firstly intent to look at how ineffective the protests are as well as the social and economic consequences of the protests. It will take a quantitative approach toward the economic aspect, and take a qualitative approach toward the social aspect.
Secondly, the paper is interested in how can the students do a better job motivating other citizens and do more effective protesting without occupying the central. The paper is going to propose such hypothesis: Chinese Communist Government's legitimacy comes from history (the liberation) and the economy. The government cares more about stability and economic growth more than anything. If the students can argue from a economic perspective, the protest is going to be more effective. If the protest is correlated to what the government cares more, it is going to be more successful.
Thus the paper will design a survey about Occupy Central, asking people whether they agree with the protest, and whether they support universal suffrage in Hong Kong. Then, the paper will look at other protests and seeks an alternative solution in this case.
Since the end of September, Hong Kong student groups have been protesting against the Beijing Decision. Since then, the students had planned to protest after the online universal protest action was not taken seriously. The students from many famous universities occupied the central road of the most important financial districts and peacefully demonstrated their hope on having a real universal election.
The Student said they want their voices to be heard. Their spirit and courage have been cherished by many pro-democracies and many people thought they have seen hope in Hong Kong becoming democratic.
Apparently the central government fails to ease the angry students AND protest continues even after student-government talk recently. However, there seems to be other voices that haven't been heard from the media, especially probably have not reached the pro-democratic nations at the beginning. According to a YouTube recording, on day 2, there was one woman confronted the students, seemingly disagreeing with the student's action. Certainly this is not only one of those incidents.
Unavoidably, after a week of protest, as I have stated in the current situation, many citizens run onto the street and started the Anti-occupy actions. Elder citizens started an alliance which oppose occupy central but support universal election.
Opposing ideas exist between pro-democracies and pro-stabilities.
Research question & method:
What could students have done differently to avoid conflicts with other citizens and be more effective?
To answer this question, the paper firstly intent to look at how ineffective the protests are as well as the social and economic consequences of the protests. It will take a quantitative approach toward the economic aspect, and take a qualitative approach toward the social aspect.
Secondly, the paper is interested in how can the students do a better job motivating other citizens and do more effective protesting without occupying the central. The paper is going to propose such hypothesis: Chinese Communist Government's legitimacy comes from history (the liberation) and the economy. The government cares more about stability and economic growth more than anything. If the students can argue from a economic perspective, the protest is going to be more effective. If the protest is correlated to what the government cares more, it is going to be more successful.
Thus the paper will design a survey about Occupy Central, asking people whether they agree with the protest, and whether they support universal suffrage in Hong Kong. Then, the paper will look at other protests and seeks an alternative solution in this case.