Popular democratic protests against the ways in which democratically elected leaders are — allegedly — abusing their powers are becoming something of the flavor of the month across the world.

In one small place — I hesitate to call it a country for obvious reasons — mostly student demonstrators have shut down Parliament and decorated it with cherished portraits of founding father Sun Yat-sen and cruel caricatures and ugly slogans of the current president, accusing him of selling out to big money and to China. They proffer their symbol, the sunflower, which they present as a sign of hope.

This may be described as a tale of two Chinas.