Since July 1, 2003, when half a million people protested on the streets, an era of the new democracy movement has begun in Hong Kong, including the 2012 anti-national education campaign, the 2014 Occupy Central Movement, and the rapid rise of localist groups. This new democracy movement in Hong Kong is characterized by a diversity of interest groups calling for political reform, policy change and the territory's autonomy vis-a-vis the central government in Beijing. These groups include lawyers, teachers, students, nativists, workers, Catholics, human rights activists, environmental...