joining us from hong kong is paul zimmerman. promises were made and since been broken. you see the people speaking out. how much of a difference will the protests make? >> well, this is what we are seeing powerfully, is that the people of hong kong are expressing a clear spirit of entitlements to rights, they are theirs, they are owning and claiming them, and are claiming them in a peaceful fashion. the violence reported recently, they are an important element to keep an eye on and monitor and to be vetted by the authorities -- investigated by the authorities. it's the appearance of thugs and provoke terse, and triad connections. i don't think it's a coincidence that the triad squad have appeared. >> i have heard that the protesters have an identity crisis, why can't they identify with china, what do you make of those comments? >> i don't know what they are talking about. the hong kong protesters and demonstrators know what we are. we are hong kongers, chinese, and we are advocating for the core values of hong kong, which is respect for rule of law, fundamental rites an

that is paul zimmerman, he joins us now. by holding up the yellow umbrella, what was the messing to the chief executive and the chinese leaders in beijing? >> the yellow stands for the fight to democracy that the students started. the umbrella stands for a position to the police force, the excessive police force use against the children and the students, with the government lobbying tear gas grenades, raising their bullet - rubble bullet guns at the children, and the umbrella is the symbol of defiance to that. what has happened is we only have 25% support for the occupy central movement here, but after the violence that we have seen, the state-sponsored violence, the community has come out on mass in a large percentage across all political divide, basically saying hong kong is different to the mainland, we don't stand for this, we want to maintain values for freedom and peaceful political discourse. >> what was the reaction that you got at the official function, and your standing out like a sore thumb with the balloon. did a

earlier this week, we spoke with a city counsellor, paul zimmerman, a demonstrator supporter?hong kong is like a mosquito on their backs. other cities have tension. they don't want what happened in hong kong. >> the activists there and the movement, that they would accept something less than their initial demands of the executive resigning? >> the only way we are going to have it going is for the government to get involved in that poub debate raging, in every tea shop where all of the t.v.s are on. everyone is watching it all the time and the government has to start to communicate into those channels and to participate in the discussion so they can move public sentiment. >> that has not happened yet. the hong kong protests are getting larger. shim own perez retired from his post. the 91-year-old set out to find a new job. at least that's the premise of a video made by his supporters to promote his legacy and peace organization. packing his. he goes to speak to an employment agency who thinks he has no skills. we see perez trying various jobs including checkout clerk, pizza del

. >> earlier i spoke to sharon, executive director of human rights in china, and paul zimmerman, an elected official who has been active in the protest. >> there's a three part strategy that beijing has clearly launched in response to the demonstrators. this is the strategy that they are using on the mainland to control the citizens, and that is first hard line rhetoric through the propaganda mouth piece. and this is the same hard line tone that we are hearing. secondly, it's been dragged out. they are trying to drag them out, wear them down so citizens will be discouraged. the third strategy, which i am not saying now because reasonably who can ascribe who the triads are, is the appearance of thug violence which on the mainland is common with the local police or the authorities condoning or standing by or doing nothing. those three part strategy is a strategy. what beijing will do to respond to this is come up with a different strategy, and that would be instead of violence, hard line and waiting them out. they may try to negotiate and listen to the voices of the people. >> a couple of opt

paul zimmerman a district counselor here in the city. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> reporter: what was it you did this morning? >> i went to the celebration, 65th anniversary republic of china. i used the umbrella as a prop. it stood out sharply against the red flags. >> reporter: it did because you were there with not much support doing it at the ceremony procedure. how did you feel doing that? were you nervous? >> i wasn't that nervous. i was concerned whether they were going to throw me out or not. they didn't. many were there making noise, and they were thrown out. i had no security on me. the audience facing the stage where all flags were. >> reporter: so you've been dawned the yellow umbrella man. >> my name is paul. >> the umbrella, how much of a difference is this going to make? numbers aren't much different than yesterday. >> i think the point is made to beijing and government and hong kong that this goes beyond what was originally seen as only 25% of the people supporting occupying. now you see the va