Hong Kong demonstrations are the fuse, and many in the Beijing dictatorship – those who know the history of revolutions – are understandably afraid. Many would remember October 1956, for instance.
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution against Soviet-imposed communist oppression began with university students drawing up a 10-point list of reasonable demands for freedoms.
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