Totally different government systems, culture and history. More valid comparison will be North Korea and Russia where uprisings and political dissent gets crushed. Doubt this will go anywhere major, heads will roll and there will be "peace" again.
http://m.theepochtimes.com/n3/960940-china-uncensored-whats-happening-in-hong-kong-is-not-what-you-think/
Interest take on the current HK protests. Basically article is suggesting there are warring factions within the Chinese Politburo and the HK protests were instigated for political reasons.