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May 13, 2020
What’s Next for Asia’s Social Movements?
The pandemic gives states an excuse to clamp down on the opposition, but it will also allow protesters to build solidarity with their communities.
Nithin Coca
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April 17, 2020
The Radical ’70s Magazine That Shaped the Hong Kong Left
Caught between China and colonial rule, this grassroots collective pushed to change the terms of the debate.
Promise Li
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April 16, 2020
Watching Hong Kong Cop Movies After 10 Months of Tear Gas
The genre that propelled Jackie Chan and Chow Yun Fat to stardom has been tainted by real-life police brutality during protests.
Jaime Chu
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March 12, 2020
‘I Am Willing to Take a Bullet for You. Are You Willing to Go on Strike for Me?’
The government won’t listen. The police keep cracking down. So Hong Kong protesters are trying a new tactic: They’re forming unions.
Jun Pang and Nickolas Tang
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February 25, 2020
Hong Kong Is Still Waiting for Its Feminist Uprising
Women and girls in the ongoing protest movement are up against a deeply unequal society.
Jessie Lau
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February 7, 2020
Discrimination Isn’t Helping to Contain the Coronavirus
The epidemic has sparked attacks on mainland Chinese—and some of the worst offenders are Hong Kongers and other members of the diaspora.
JN
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January 9, 2020
City of Protest: On Hong Kong With Jeff Wasserstrom
The China scholar speaks to Ross Perlin about his new book, Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink.
Ross Perlin
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January 3, 2020
China’s Secret Weapon Abroad: Tourists
Unsuspecting tourists play a key role in China’s plans for economic coercion.
Nithin Coca
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December 9, 2019
In a Vacuum of Trust, Conspiracies Take Root in Hong Kong
Residents have lost faith in their government, and the consequences could reshape the city.
Benjamin Haas
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December 6, 2019
Why Taiwan Won’t Welcome China’s Dissidents
Hong Kong protesters and Chinese political dissidents often look to democratic Taiwan as a place for shelter—but its government has little interest in providing it.
Nick Aspinwall