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Attacks on Demonstrators by Police After Rally Against Triad Violence in Yuen Long

Brian Hioe
Attacks by police on demonstrators took place in Yuen Long in Hong Kong yesterday, with police using tear gas and firing rubber bullets and sponge grenades at demonstrators. The demonstration was against the attacks on protestors by individuals thought to be triad members that had taken place in Yuen Long last week, these attacks coming on the heels of police violence against protesters. The demonstration was also against suspected police collusion with triads in the attacks....
EnglishJuly 2019Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements7 min read

The Chinese Government Claiming That America Is Behind Demonstrations in Hong Kong Is Nothing New

Brian Hioe
A recent development in the demonstrations against the extradition bill in Hong Kong has been the Chinese government calling on America to stop politically interfering by inciting the protests. The CCP has long alleged “foreign interference” as responsible for the outbreak of various forms of resistance against its rule...
EnglishJuly 2019Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

US Medical Institute Becomes a Political Tool for China to Bully Taiwan

Hsien-Ho Lin
A group of scholars from China and the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, a Seattle-based US research center, recently published a paper in The Lancet. However, the paper, which is titled, “Mortality, morbidity, and risk factors in China and its provinces, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017”, has serious scientific and ethical problems in order to serve its political purpose: to echo Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “China Dream” that “Taiwan is part of China”...
EnglishJuly 2019Politics6 min read

Is Threatening to Mobilize the PLA in Hong Kong More Than Just a Threat?

Brian Hioe
The Chinese Ministry of Defense’s chief spokesperson, senior colonel Wu Qian, stated in comments earlier today that the People’s Liberation Army could be deployed in Hong Kong to put down demonstrations against the Beijing-backed extradition bill at the request of the Hong Kong government. What does this mean for protests, going forward?...
EnglishJuly 2019Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements12 min read

View of China as Only a “Competitor” and Not a Threat Overly Optimistic

Milo Hsieh
On the third of July, a group of American scholars and China watchers co-signed and published an op-ed with seven points in the Washington Post, titled “China is not an enemy". But the letter may simply reflect American naïveté; many in Taiwan, for one, would tell a drastically different story, that China is a threat to democracy on an island of 23 million people...
EnglishJuly 2019Politics11 min read

Violent Attacks on Anti-Extradition Bill Demonstrators from Gangsters, Police in Hong Kong

Brian Hioe
Attacks by individuals thought to be pro-Beijing gangsters on anti-extradition bill demonstrators took place late last night in Hong Kong, coming on the heels of a protest march called for by the Civil Human Rights Front which organizers stated drew 430,000. The end of the rally also saw riot police firing tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators and police later turned a blind eye to the assaults on demonstrators by gangsters...
EnglishJuly 2019Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements13 min read