The parade was one of the biggest protests since the Umbrella pro-democracy movement in 2014. Chief executive Carrie Lam restated on May 21 that she intended for the legislation to pass the LegCo before its July break.

For example, I remembered having an amazing interview with the Hong Kong activist, Alex Chow, who had been one of the leaders of the Umbrella Movement in 2014. He describes his first experience of prison.

If the Chinese Communist Party stuck to a deal it made thirty years ago, there would be no Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong today.

After all, the Umbrella Movement was sparked by pro-democracy supporters perceiving Beijing's reluctance to allow democratic reform as the Chinese regime going back on the agreements of the Joint Declaration.

In the history (actual, and not fictional, happenings) of the Umbrella Movement, protesters have only ever whipped out their umbrellas as a defensive shield against police tear gas, baton charges, and of course, to get some personal shade from the scorching

Edward Chin, a senior hedge fund manager and a former columnist at the HKEJ, was suspended in 2014 prior to the democratic Umbrella Movement. Now he also has a column at Epoch Times.

On Saturday, a high court judge ruled that there wasn't enough evidence to prosecute Wong, the teenage face of the pro-democracy Umbrella Movement, as well as thirteen others for "obstructing bailiffs and police" who were authorized to clear a main protest

Zhang has caused trouble before: In 2014, a white paper on Hong Kong issued by the Zhang-led legislature roused strong sentiments in Hong Kong, giving birth to the Umbrella Movement. He Jiahui contributed to this article.

These progressive causes come under the umbrella ideology of the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) movement, which includes issues like climate change, critical race theory, and abortion rights.

The leaderless Umbrella Movement protesters are demanding fully democratic elections in Hong Kong and incumbent Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's resignation.  

In early January, police had phoned 32 key figures of the Umbrella Movement—what pro-democracy supporters have dubbed their cause—telling them to turn themselves in at their HQ in Wan Chai to "assist in investigations" on specific dates or face home arrest

Some protesters used umbrellas to protect themselves, giving the movement its nickname.

Angered by Beijing's decision to withhold true democracy, an estimated 1.2 million Hongkongers occupied key roads in three parts of the city for 11 weeks in what is known as the Occupy protests or the Umbrella Movement. Unmoved?

The students' arrest inspired the start of the Occupy movement. Before the Umbrella Movement, Wong found fame as a 15-year-old in 2012 when he successfully led student protests against government plans to introduce a "patriotic" education syllabus.

Tens of thousands of college students went on strike, and more civilians have joined the massive protest that is now known worldwide as the Umbrella Movement.

Movement have been protesting for almost three weeks, and have thus far been a very peaceful and well-behaved bunch.

Hong Kong pro-democracy activists who were in court Thursday for a criminal hearing ended up cross-examining the authorities. 29 activists, including prominent Umbrella Movement student leaders Joshua Wong and Lester Shum, were summoned to the High Court

The leaderless Umbrella Movement protesters are demanding fully democratic elections in Hong Kong and incumbent Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's resignation.

The Logos Hope moored at Kaohsiung, Taiwan on September 13, 2014 with yellow ribbon sign showing support for the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong. (CNA News) This is the 4th time for Logos Hope to visit Hong Kong over the last four years.

Aside from student participants of the ongoing 50-day-long Umbrella Movement, numerous artists and celebrities who voiced support for the protests, including Chow Yun-fat, who starred in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," have been banned by Chinese censors

"I support the Umbrella Movement and I support Hong Kong."

MORE: The Faces of Hong Kong's Occupy Movement: Cleaning the Toilets Since the beginning of the umbrella movement, which led to the occupation of a highway and minor roads around government headquarters in Admiralty in late September, a key component

This isn't the first time Chung and others have been denied entry into Chinese territory since the pro-democracy Umbrella Movement started on Sept. 28.

Ip also suggested that the Taiwan Independence movement could be influencing the Umbrella Movement as some of their members were invited by the Occupy Central protesters to give a talk about the Sunflower Student Movement that took place in Taiwan earlier

(Yu Gang/Epoch Times) Because protesters used their umbrellas to ward off the tear gas and block the scorching sun, their pro-democracy movement was coined the "Umbrella Movement."

Can the Umbrella Movement survive the clearance? Hard to tell. A recent University of Hong Kong survey of 514 people puts public support of the student occupation at 31.3 percent. 49.3 percent disapprove of the occupation.

Afterwards, the pro-democracy demonstration was dubbed the "Umbrella Movement" because protesters had used their umbrellas to ward off tear gas and police batons.

By the end of the day, Granny Huang had handed out about 200 cups of "Umbrella Rice Noodle Rolls." In light of recent police brutality in clearing out protest sites, no one can tell what the future holds for the Umbrella Movement.

Perhaps with the recently ended Umbrella Movement protests in mind, Robert Chung, the director of HKU's Public Opinion programme, noted: "History has already proved that POP's surveys on Hong Kong people's ethnic identity have a warning effect, with a

Lam Yat-hei, a founder of 100Most, a popular satirical Hong Kong weekly magazine and Facebook page, poked fun at the temple incident in the government lingo used to criticize the Umbrella Movement protesters.