by Tyler | Aug 10, 2019 | Asia, China, Hong Kong, National Security, Police Brutality, protests, Trending, Umbrella Movement
Hong Kong police officials on Friday announced that former Deputy Commissioner Alan Lau is coming out of retirement to accept a temporary position as second-in-command of the force, with a focus on controlling the enormous anti-government protests that have rocked the...
by Tyler | Jul 12, 2019 | Asia, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong extradition bill, National Security, Politics, Trending
A group of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong continued a hunger strike that entered its eighth day on Thursday over a proposal that would allow the extradition of anyone in the city accused of crimes by communist China.
by Tyler | Jun 15, 2019 | Asia, China, Hong Kong, National Security, surveillance, Trending, Uyghurs, Xinjiang
Hong Kong’s resilient protest movement is “going dark” online even as demonstrations continue against proposed extradition laws they view as a fatal assault on the autonomy of their city. The protesters believe they will be spied upon if they use unencrypted Internet...
by Tyler | Jun 13, 2019 | Asia, China, democracy, demonstrators, extradition, Hong Kong, National Security, Trending, Umbrella Movement, United Kingdom
Another massive demonstration against Hong Kong’s controversial extradition bill was held as planned on Wednesday, with tens of thousands of demonstrators filling the streets.
by Tyler | Jun 13, 2019 | Asia, China, communism, extradition, Global Times, Hong Kong, National Security, Trending
China’s Global Times newspaper defended the pro-Communist leadership of Hong Kong, and their decision to use tear gas and rubber bullets on pro-democracy protesters Wednesday, insisting that the thousands of mostly young students opposing a law that would allow...
by Tyler | Jun 10, 2019 | Asia, China, Chris Patten, communism, criminal justice, Hong Kong, London / Europe, Mike Pompeo, Politics, Trending, UK law
Hong Kong’s streets were flooded with tens of thousands of protesters Sunday, angry at a proposed extradition law allowing suspects to be sent to China for trial.
