Activists in Chinese-administered region use social media to support mainland's so-called Jasmine movement.
HONG KONG, China - Even though, Chinese authorities launch a severe crackdown on any potential pro-democracy protests on the mainland, with state security police dramatically outnumbering protesters, small weekly demonstrations in Hong Kong aim to gradually build momentum.
Al Jazeera's Rob McBride reports from the territory - one of China's two special administrative region - on efforts by local activists to exploit online social media - to which they have full access, unlike their compatriots on the mainland - to create a "slow-burning" revolutionary spirit.- On the same token, Hong Kong police arrested 113 protesters after an anti-budget demonstration late on Sunday, as the government came under increasing pressure from activists who criticized authorities for not doing enough to help the poor.
The protesters took to the streets despite a revised government plan last week to grant HK$6,000 ($771) to each Hong Kong permanent resident, after a wave of public criticism over the government's failure to offer more relief and welfare measures in the budget to help local residents cope with mounting inflation, expected to hit 4.5 percent this year.
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