# NYU Global Research Prof. Ian Bremmer discusses the protests in Hong Kong

1 Faculty News September 30, 2014 ![PBS NewsHour logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030937.jpg?itok=l4_epy89)>

Excerpt from [PBS NewsHour](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/will-hong-kongs-protests-lead-violent-crackdown/) -- "Occupy Central has now become Occupy Hong Kong. As of tomorrow it’s likely to become Occupy larger than that. And if the — if local police, through threat and selective arrests, are unable to disperse these demonstrations, we’re likely to see a very significant violent crackdown."

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