I hope that can spread across all of China. But that's a big hope.

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Yeah, not going to happen. Most mainland Chinese, even those who are studying in HK, have very different political outlook:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/11131802/Analysis-Hong-Kongs-democracy-protests-pose-little-threat-to-China.html

Also, the scale of this protests is not unique, even for HK standards. Annual protests routinely drawing hundreds of thousands of people.

Sadly HK is a totally different deal altogether. When Britain returned it to China, people there were used to a certain way of life and they were given a pretty unique status as being semi-separate to China but still part of it. They're currently trying to take away the right for people in HK to choose their elected official (or perhaps refine the choice to China-favourables).

The people there are very sensitive to getting trampled on. They're so different and separate in many ways to mainland China... i don't see how the Chinese can force their mainland rule onto HK without a complete uprising on their hands. Imagine taking the vote away in a western country.

Uh, that is NOT what's happening. Under British rule, the governors of HK were British appointed and there was NO democracy. China is NOT taking away the right for people to choose their elected official because HK people never had that option.

The issue that's pissing off everyone is the electoral reform for the 2017 elections. 2017 is the first time in HK history where the chief executive will be elected by universal suffrage, but now they are saying electoral candidates need to be pre-approved by an nomination committee, which many fear will be heavily pro Beijing biased.

There was a stipulation when the Brits handed HK back to the Chinese that it remain highly autonomous for 50yrs. Does Beijing picking state approved candidates for HK not somewhat undermine this agreement?

Not that I am suggesting that the protests by the HKers is about an agreement made with Britain, just that I wonder if this is going to damage China-UK relations.