Umbrella Street Scenes

超級香港故事 Super Hong Kong Story 漫畫 活人拳 Creator: 活人拳 製作 燃子漢工作室 Printer: 燃子漢工作室

砰砰砰 Plonk, plonk, plonk [tear gas canisters fall] 哇！煙火啊！Whoa! Fireworks! 精彩，有錢都看不到的。Wonderful, even if I had money I couldn’t see them.

噢？為何我會流淚？Huh? Why am I crying? 莫非因為國慶日，我太感動了？[with tears falling] It can’t be that I’m so moved because of National Day? 一定的。It must be. 看，大家都很感動。Look, everyone is moved. 啊啊啊啊啊 [ah ah ah, cries of pain]

咦？那個警察，說他要開槍呀！What? That policeman, he says he’s going to open fire! 速離！否則開槍！[sign] DISPERSE OR WE FIRE 沒事，警方只是拿反了而已。It’s nothing, the police are just rebelling, that’s all. 看！他翻回正面了。Look! He’s turned around. 中國人是需要管的 [sign] CHINESE PEOPLE NEED TO SUPERVISE 呼，我感覺好多了。Phew, I feel much better now.

只用一天畫不完 One day wasn’t enough to draw it all. 待續。To be continued.

[see the completed, in-color manga on Facebook]

[see their fundraising page to create a full color printed manga]

[the author’s Facebook page]

努力！香港人！Keep trying! Hong Kong people!

SIU7689 (小柒689) - Little c*ck, CY Leung

勁揪！Hold strong!

勿忘六四二零世 Don’t forget June 4 20th C

為將來！為下一代！要“真普選” For the future! For the next generation! Demand “true universal suffrage”

“We all live with the objective of being happy. Our lives are all different and yet the same.” We were born to be FREE! We were BORN THIS WAY ♥HK

Pemerintah Hong Kong Gila [Bahasa Indonesia, thanks Google translate] Hong Kong government is crazy

支持學生為未來我們要站出來！！Support students - we stand up for our future!!

香港加油！We ♥ Hongkong

為桧會正義 social justice

REAL DEMOCRACY MR LEUNG

[cartoon of CY] COCK

香港唔要一大財团。貧富太嚴重。要真普選。Hong Kong doesn’t want (isn’t) a big financial group. The wealth gap is too extreme. Demand true universal suffrage.

要真普選！不要貪腐的政府，要真正的民選特首 Demand true universal suffrage! Resist a corrupt government, demand a truly popularly elected Chief Executive

狼英 CY Wolf [pun on the phonestic of his last name]

六八九回應訴求 689 answer our demands

爭取真普選！！Fight for true universal suffrage!!

不畏強權，團結一[illegible] Don’t fear power, unity [illegible]

香港人撐[?]論住！Hong Kong people keep [illegible] 

You may say I’m a dreamer but I’m not the only one

救香港! 香港！加油. 我要真普選！ Save Hong Kong! Hong Kong! Keep fighting. I want true universal suffrage! 

Why C.Y. STILL CANT SEE WHY!? I LOVE MY HOME

無懼風雨 革命到底 No fear of the storm, rebel to the end

Be the change you want to see in the world! - Gandhi [actually, not an actual quote of his. see this NY Times article.]

港人治港 支持 香港加油 加油 港人無？[unclear, possibly 名] Hong Kong people to govern Hong Kong - support - Hong Kong, fight on - fight on - Hong Kong people indescribable [uncertain translation]

[on pencil drawing] 香港 加油 Keep fighting Hong Kong

勿忘初衷 公民提名 和平理性 ♥HK 理大學生 Don’t forget the original purpose - public nomination - peace and rationality - ♥HK - a Polytechnic University student

我要真普選！香港人加油！♥堅持♥ I want true universal suffrage! Keep fighting, Hong Kong people! ♥Endure♥

香港要獨立 踢走港共政權 Hong Kong needs independence - Kick out the Hong Kong CCP regime

八九民運的時候，曾經有一段日子，天安門像嘉年華會一樣，學生市民載歌載舞，那時候大家特著人多膽壯，以為抗爭一定會勝利，沒有人會想到之後發生的事。勿忘初衷 堅持到底 During the 1989 people’s movement, there was a period when Tian’anmen was just like a carnival, with students and citizens festively singing and dancing. Everyone felt especially bold then, thinking that taking a stand would inevitably lead to a victory, and no one would have imagined what would happen in the end. Don’t forget the original purpose. Fight until the end.

我要真普選 Love and Peace!! 留学生 I want true universal suffrage - Love and Peace!! An overseas student [most likely from the mainland]

民主 自由 加油 Democracy - freedom - keep fighting

我係中學生 :) 家在香港 支持學生 心愛香港 [illegible] I’m a middle school student :) My home is in HK - support students - love Hong Kong [illegible]

梁振英不配作港人特首！CY Leung doesn’t deserve to be called a Hong Kong person’s Chief Executive!

Justice in God

當我係街，學校講民主嘅時候，有人話我On9 [？cut off]，有人話佔中都唔會改變到啲咩。常我？到黎，我發現 I AM NOT ALONE. - When I’m on the street or on campus talking about democracy, some people say I’m [cut off], some people say Occupy Central won’t change anything. When I come here, I discover I AM NOT ALONE. 

[CY Leung as a wolf/dog] 下台 Step down

香港人要繼續齊心支持真正改變 學民 Hong Kong people must continue being of one heart to support real change - a student

為了我們和下一代的將來，我們將不計代價！加油香港人！For our future and the next generation’s future, we must not worry about the cost! Keep fighting, Hong Kong people!

Free Hong Kong for better future for our chilred [sic]!

[cartoon] 人大 反對人大普選落閘 自己香港自己救！ National People’s Congress - Oppose the NPC shutting the door on universal suffrage - Our Hong Kong, we’ll save it ourselves!

香港幸福 - Hong Kong - [wish for] happiness

香港人加油！1.10.14 - Keep fighting, Hong Kong people! Oct 1., 2014

為民主而戰 HK Fighting! - Fight for democracy

I am a Maryknoller [referring to the Maryknoll schools] 香港人要加油 不要屈服 Dream will come true - Hong Kong people must keep fighting, don’t give in

[illegible] 也不怕 催淚也不怕 艱[?]免請面對 中共請全視！By太空SocSci人 Day 5 - [illegible] also don’t fear - We also don’t fear tear gas - Please face the coming hardships [uncertain translation] - CCP, please understand us! By an astronomy social science person Day 5

香港加油！Keep fighting Hong Kong!

梁匪下台 CY Leung, you thief, step down

Home is where the heart is. 我愛香港 - I love Hong Kong

FUCK CY CHINA GOU7 [expletive]. HK Deserved Real Democracy

[cartoon student’s shirt reads 罷 strike] 學生無罪 Students are innocent

無論雨怎麼打自由仍是會開花 香港加油！！ No matter how hard the rain beats, freedom will always flower - keep fighting, Hong Kong!

Justice ♥ Democrasy

學生們要保重，香港市民加油！我們要真普選！GOD BLESS US! - Students, take care of yourselves. Hong Kong citizens, keep fighting! We want true universal suffrage! 

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption - Kurt Cobain [can’t find original source citation]

♥HK 真普選 - True universal suffrage

香港地！香港人自己救！撐住！我未係最前線，但會？住 睇住你地！撐你地，撐真普選!!! Hong Kong! Hong Kong people saving ourselves! Keep on! I’m not on the front lines, but I’ll keep on [illegible] and watching you. Support for you all, support for true universal suffrage!!!

公義！Jusice♥ [sic]

fight for freedom & PEACE!!! 

真普選!!! - True universal suffrage!!!

雨傘革命 自己香港自己救！爭取真普選！加油！！Umbrella Revolution Our Hong Kong, we’ll save it ourselves! Struggle for true universal suffrage! Fight on!

香港加油！689下台 Hong Kong keep fighting! Step down 689

689: 屌你都廢事 CY Leung: F*ck you, you useless shit

年月把擁有變做失去 FU CY! - Hold onto the times, to have change is to make a loss [uncertain translation] F*ck you, CY!

[cartoon of two speakers] 你點知聽日會好天嫁？唔知嫁，希望在明天呀嘛 - How do you know tomorrow we’ll have good weather? I don’t know, I’m just hoping for it, that’s all. 

唔交稅 I won’t pay taxes

Hong Kong FREEDOM! <香港。自由 為你們加油> from Taiwan

大家都在見證／創造歷史，加油！proud of you! - Everyone is here witnessing/creating history, keep fighting!

不論身在何方！心永在中環金鐘！Doesn’t matter where my body is! My heart will always be in Central and Admiralty!

Democracy election may not be the best one. But at least we have choices to choose. 

Never have been more proud to call myself HK Chinese. 

Freedom!

[supply trucks pass through. mass spontaneous applause.]

All we want is REAL DEMOCRACY

歡迎撐傘拍照 Supporters welcome to take photos

Going over the stairs, stepping on 689

我們並不孤單 WE ARE NOT ALONE

世界各地學生及青年向香港送上鼓勵 Students and youth from around the world send Hong Kong encouragement

[images include photos from Ecuador, Ukraine, and other countries]

公民提名 雨傘革命 - Public nomination, Umbrella Revolution

DO U HEAR THE PEOPLE SING

Long drive 抗爭路 | Peace 和平, Freedom 自由, Democracy 民主 (True) (真)

689你早抖 928我唔走 - CY Leung, it’s your time; September 28, I won’t leave

公民抗命無畏無懼 - Fearless civil disobedience 

香港人 Hongkongers - Peace 和平

親愛的警察叔叔，我知道您有您的家人，您有您的立場，您是執法者，偏偏錯的，躲起來的是立法者。我欣賞您堅守您的崗位。我相信您？很愛我們的家。希望我們能互相[illegible]。一起[illegible]這個家

Dear Uncle Police, I do know that you have your family, you have your stand, you are enforcers. But the CHIEF EXECUTIVE who should be blamed refuses to face the public. I appreciate you still stick to your posts. I am sure you will love our home. I hope we can supporting [illegible] each other. Let’s save our home

政總天橋 米地鐵站 靠左行 謝 To government offices, MTR, stay on the left, thanks 

通道 Thoroughfare

Left 左: Hong Kong 香港

Right 右: China 中国

風吹雨打不[illegible] - The wind blows, the rain pours [??]

Sachons battre pour la DÉMOCRATIE!! Let us fight for DEMOCRACY!

[I don’t speak/read Japanese, my apologies]

團結就是力量！香港加油！Unity is strength! Keep fighting, Hong Kong!

美人蕉  植心中  特堅實  創未來  香港人  共勉之 

cannas  planted in the heart  are especially strong to start the future Hong Kong people our mutual encouragement

金鐘 Admiralty – 2014 Oct 2, 7:59pm

如果你認為佔領馬路的示威者是「搞事」，請你停下來了解一下......

If you believe that the road-occupying protesters are “rousing trouble,” please stop and understand us a bit......

問：香港發生什麼事了？

Q: What is happening in Hong Kong?

答：香港人現在正以和平方式爭取一個平等和開放的普選方案。我們要求的是『普及』、『平等』的行政長官選舉，選舉權要『普及』、『平等』，被選舉權也要『普及』、『平等』；不僅所有市民都要享有同等的選舉權，而且所有市民都要享有同等的被選舉權，確保市民在選舉中有真正的選擇。

A: Hong Kong people are now justly and peacefully striving for an equal and open plan for universal suffrage. Our demands are for the “universal” and “equal” administration of the election of the Chief Executive, the “universal” and “equal” right to vote, and the right to be voted must also be “universal” and “equal”; not just that all citizens enjoy voting rights on an equal basis, but also that all citizens enjoy the right to be voted on an equal basis, in order to truly ensure that citizens have a genuine choice while voting.

(Much of this is adapted or quoted from the February 2, 1944 editorial in Xinhua Daily, “On the Right to Vote” 《新華日報》《論選舉權》. 梁國雄 Leung Kwok-Hung, also known as 長毛 Long Hair, quoted the editorial in the LegCo in November 2014 (scroll to page 2108)); here is an image (unverified) of the original.)

問：你們一天到晚吵吵鬧鬧的，香港怎麼發展？

Q: You’re disruptive from morning to night, how can Hong Kong develop and grow through this?

答：無止境的政治爭拗令人煩厭！我們應如何解決爭拗呢？社會中總有不同利益，爭吵的出現本來很正常，譴責那些爭吵的人不能解決爭拗，我們要做的是設計出一種大家都信服的制度來在讓爭吵過後做最終決定，真普選是必要的。

有了真普選，當權者大可以說自己是民意代表而堅持推行政策，不服氣的也大可以到下次選舉時捲土重來，雙方都不用無止境的糾纏下去。今天的香港政治亂局，就是沒有真普選所做成；而萬一繼續沒有真普選，爭拗只會本加厲。現在爭取真普選的並不是要吵鬧，而是為解決無日無之的吵鬧而爭取。

A: The endless political arguments make people annoyed and disgusted! How should we resolve this, then? Society inevitably has different interests; quarrels are just a regular occurrence. Denouncing those people cannot solve the arguments. What we need to do is design a type of system that everyone can completely trust and accept to make the final decision after all the arguing. This must be true universal suffrage.

Once we have true universal suffrage, those in power can say they represent the people’s will and they can persevere in carrying out government policies. Those who are not convinced can stage a comeback in the next election. Both sides would not need to endlessly quibble. Hong Kong’s current political mess is the result of the lack of true universal suffrage; and in case we continue without it, the arguments will only become more severe. We now striving for true universal suffrage do not want to cause more fighting, but rather are striving to resolve the endless political arguments. 

問：但是香港是中國的一部分，總不能自作主張吧？

Q: But Hong Kong is a part of China, surely we cannot stand act on our own?

答：中國政府答應過香港人可以自主決定。以立法會選舉為例，《基本法》列明立法會的產生方法如果需要修改，只要向人大常委報備就可以，不需要批准。在1993年時任港澳辦主任魯平也表明：「將來香港如何發展民主，完全是香港自治權範圍內的事，中央政府不會干涉」，立法會的組成方法「不必要中央政府同意」。

回到行政長官選舉，香港有許多政黨和學者也提出過各種改革方案，當中不少都能完全合乎《基本法》的要求，完全沒有挑戰中央政府在香港的權力。這些安排也明顯地更能廣泛代表民意。這些相對溫和的方案很不幸地也被人大常委2014年8月的決定排除了，才是做成今天民怨的原因。

A: The Chinese government has informed Hong Kong people before that we can make autonomous decisions. Taking the Legislative Council as an example, the Basic Law specifies that if the method of constituting the Legislative Council needs amendment, as long as the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress is informed; no approval is required. In 1993, Lu Ping, the Director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, also clearly stated, “As to the future of Hong Kong’s democratic development, it is an issue entirely within Hong Kong’s autonomous limits. The central government will not interfere,” and that the Legislative Council’s composition “does not require the central government’s consent.”

Returning to the election of the Chief Executive, Hong Kong has numerous political parties and scholars proposing every kind of reform plan, many of which fully meet the Basic Law’s requirements, entirely without challenging the power of the central government in Hong Kong. These plans are also more broadly representative of public opinion. These relatively moderate plans, unfortunately, have been rejected by the Standing Committee’s August 2014 decision, which is the cause of today’s widespread discontent. 

問：萬一選出一個對抗中央政府的特首怎麼辦？

Q: What if we elect a Chief Executive who opposes the central government?

答：香港其中一個成功的因素是市民遵守制度，選舉也一樣，我們需要相信制度。

就算是在華人社會，台灣的總統和台北市的市長也不一定是同一套政治觀念的，一樣可以運作如常。如果我們對香港市民和中央政府有足夠的信心，就不用擔心這個問題。

A: One of Hong Kong’s success factors is citizens’ respect for the system. Elections are the same way. We need to trust the system.

Even in a Chinese society, Taiwan’s President and Taipei’s Mayor may not share the same political ideas, but they can still operate as usual. If we have enough trust in the Hong Kong citizenry and in the central government, then we won’t need to worry about this question. 

問：我覺得這次抗爭一定是外國人指示的吧！

Q: I think this protest must be directed by foreigners!

答：我們要相信香港人是甘願為爭取正確、正義的事而做出承擔、犧牲的。如果你擔心外國勢力影響香港選舉，你最好去查一查選舉委員會那1200人當中有多少人有外國護照。除非政府把他們驅逐出選舉委員會之外，否則外國勢力這個說法還是不要提了。

A: We must trust Hong Kong people are ready and willing to bear responsibility and to make sacrifices in order to fight for rightness and justice. If you are worried that foreign power will influence Hong Kong’s elections, you’d better take a look at the 1,200 people on the Electoral Commission and see how many among them have foreign passports. Unless the government expels them from the Electoral Commission, there’s no real reason to further bring up the argument of foreign influence. 

問：這些抗爭只是政客撈選票的表演吧？根本是教壞學生！

Q: Isn’t this protest just a performance by dirty politicians fishing for votes? It’s really just poorly taught students!

答：這次抗爭完全由學生主導，政客反而一直被批評未能跟上時勢的發展，和所謂的「學生受政客唆使」的說法完全相反。

A: This struggle is entirely led by students. Politicians have actually been been criticized all along for failing to keep pace with the times, and the saying that “students are being instigated by politicians” is exactly on the contrary. 

[See the extended and edited version of these questions and answers here. Scroll down to 附：為甚麼要佔中. The editor’s note recognizes 梁啟智 Liang Qizhi, a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of General Education, for collecting and answering the 17 most commonly asked questions by mainland Chinese visitors.]

Umbrella Revolution 遮打革命

天佑HK 爭取普選？!!!! 堅持？？到命望 - Annuit cœptis HK fight for universal suffrage (illegible)

first time in my life 以作為香港人驕傲！ - First time in my life to be proud as a HKer!

民主 自由 公民提名 - Democracy, freedom, civic nomination

香港人加油 - HK people, fight on

爭取雙普選 HK加油 - Fight for true universal suffrage, keep fighting HK

風雨中抱緊自由 加油！我香港 反暴力 - In the middle of a storm, hold tight to freedom. Fight on! My Hong Kong. Oppose violence

支持學生 只？保持，才有最後勝利！頂住呀！！！ - Support students. Endure, that’s how we’ll reach the final victory! Hold on!!!