Umbrellas in bloom - Jason Y. Ng

TheUmbrellaMovementput Hong Kong on the world map and elevated this docile, money-mindedAsian island to a model for pro-democracy campaigns across the globe.Umbrellasin Bloomis the first book available in English to chronicle thishistory-making event, written by a bestselling author and columnistbased on his firsthand experience at the main protest sites.JasonY. Ngtakes a no-holds-barred, fly-on-the-wall approach to coveringpolitics. His latest offering steps through the 79-day struggle, fromthe firing of the first shot of tear gas by riot police to theevacuation of the last protester from the downtown encampments. It isall you need to know about the occupy movement: who took part in it,why it happened, how it transpired, and what it did and did notachieve.