Taking a closer look at these other actors will help provide a better understanding of the protests in general.
To achieve a better understanding of the protests, three approaches of social movement theory are applied: First, the framing approach by Blumer [26], who emphasized that movements concerned with existing problems arise only after pressure groups are successful in framing the issue as a social problem that can be influenced by public collective action.
But even without rooting for either side, and with the full understanding that these protests may easily come to naught, one can't help but marvel at the spontaneous, utterly organic outburst of civic feeling, and the fact that, for lack of a better term, a point of no return has very clearly been passed.
Many of these protests have been peaceful.
Lost in coverage of embassy #protests is just how small most of these protests actually are.
The potential reach of these protests certainly has Beijing worried.
Some of these protests are better-founded than others.
"Every day I hear, 'What of these protests?
I have been to all but one of these protests.
The government took a dim view of these protests.
