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Reflections on a Wandering Life.....
Thursday, June 20, 2019
Hong Kong Explained
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Demonstrators in Hong Kong protesting the extradition bill,
which has now been suspended.
Over the past days there have been extraordinary demonstrations in Hong Kong. In this podcast episode, I explain the demonstrations and some of the history behind them.
Here are some links for statements I referred to in this episode:
https://mobile.twitter.com/bopinion/status/1140459638594215936
Nisha Gopalan's explanation of the difference between the Occupy
Central demonstrations in 2014 and the current demonstrations.
https://twitter.com/foreignoffice/status/1139192317812903936
Statement by the British Foreign Office on the Joint Declaration.
Here are some resources that might be of use to you in studying this issue:
News Sources:
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/news-programmes/this-episode.htm?cmsid=78
Newswrap on RTHK. This is a nightly radio news program discussing the
events of the day. Very useful in understanding day to day events in
Hong Kong.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuwJy35eAVaIZpCKUpS00uriIRNCUdUHg
The Pulse. Public affairs television from Hong Kong, with Steve Vines
Twitter Accounts to Follow
https://twitter.com/VivienneChow
Vivienne Chow. Some time ago I was doing some research on the flag
issue and I came across an article of hers that was really quite well
written. Also, she is not a politician, so she writes about other stuff.
Highly recommended if you want to keep tabs with what is going on in the
SAR.
https://twitter.com/hkchrislau
Chris Lau. Reporter for SCMP (South China Morning Post). I'm sure I
would not agree with everything he writes, but I do like his twitter posts.
Following him is a little like following Brit Hume--he points me to
informative articles, which saves me a lot of time looking them up myself.
https://twitter.com/joshuawongcf
Joshua Wong, one of the student leaders of the Occupy Central
movement. You have to admire this guy--he does seem sincere, but
sometimes his attitude toward the police annoys me. Also, I wish some
of these student leaders would spend some of their energy trying to
reach out to China--not kissing up to them, but openly and honestly
stating what kinds of changes would help to improve relationship.
Labels: Hong Kong, Magna Carta, Police