Cirque du Soleil, the self-described “dramatic mix of circus acts and street entertainment” is spectacular. In addition to the spectacle of the performance, Cirque du Soleil is remarkable from a business standpoint too. They have basically turned the circus business, which was ailing for decades, on its head. And, in redesigning the circus experience they created a lucrative new segment[i]. For the purposes of this blog entry, the features of Cirque du Soleil's business model also provide an interesting lens to view issues underlying the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong.
Read More6-7am Oct. 2nd Scenes from #UmbrellaMovement #OccupyHK
Taken early this morning. CWB-Admiralty-Central.
Fearless Faces
These were taken in and around Harcourt Rd. and the main Admiralty Protest Site on Sept 29th, the second day of the protest.
5min to Understand Occupy Central's Theme Song
Reporting on the ground in Hong Kong, various media have written about protesters singing the “Do you Hear the People Sing” tune from Les Misérables (see here, here, and here). I’m sure that is the case that it was sung, and sung in various places in and around town at the protests sites around the city (including the latest one to sprout up, in Tsim Tsa Tsui) in the #occupycentral civil disobedience movement.
But I’m not sure that song is the anthem of the protest. There’s another tune that is a much likelier contender.
Read MoreTraffic was backed up a long, long way
5pm Sept 28th 2014 @ #OccupyCentral #OccupyAdmiralty
One of the side crowds, West of the main protest area
These were the everyday police units. No real special gear here. None was apparent at 5pm.
A lot of regular folks out
Mood was relatively calm at 5:20pm
Then there was this massing of people, and at approx. 5:30pm the crowd was still steadily growing. There were plenty of people to the North, on the sidelines too (this view is looking East)
Designer Fans? The Piaget Ad got a lot of play too :)