Umbrella Movement

Swift Action from the Tsai Administration Needed Regarding Hong Kong Asylum Seekers

Taiwan's lack of any formal asylum policy—with no formalized process for processing applications by asylum seekers—is likely to be tested in the near future, with the Apple Daily reporting that thirty Hong Kong protesters have fled to Taiwan in the aftermath of the attempted occupation of LegCo on July 1st. According to the Apple Daily, another wave of more than thirty Hong Kong protesters are considering fleeing to Taiwan in the near future....

Over 200,000 Demonstrate Against Extradition Bill Outside of West Kowloon Station

Hundreds of thousands demonstrated outside of the West Kowloon rail station today, the first major demonstration of protests against the extradition bill to take place on the Kowloon side of Hong Kong harbor. The protest had the unusual focus of attempting to outreach to Chinese nationals. Following what is now a familiar pattern, after nightfall, clashes with police broke out ...

Discursive Struggle Breaks out Between Democracy Activists and Hong Kong Government on Framing of LegCo Invasion

What should be self-apparent is that in the aftermath of the brief occupation of LegCo in Hong Kong Monday, a discursive battle is currently being fought between pro-democracy activists and government officials regarding the framing of the occupation attempt. Hong Kong government officials have, unsurprisingly, attempted to depict activists as a violent and irrational mob. On the other hand, pro-democracy activists have pointed to the fact that demonstrators were pushed into taking an extreme form of action because of the refusal of the government to back down, that demonstrators were not violent, and that there is no comparing the physical violence used against peaceful demonstrators by riot police to property damage within LegCo...

Brief Occupation of LegCo Takes Place in Hong Kong, Prompting Some Comparisons to the Sunflower Movement

Demonstrations in Hong Kong against the extradition bill and commemorating the 1997 handover of Hong Kong from British control to Chinese control saw an unexpected turn earlier tonight with the brief occupation of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council for several hours, before protesters eventually withdrew from the building...

Protests in Hong Kong on Handover Anniversary See Clashes with Police, Attempts to Break into LegCo

Protests have erupted in Hong Kong again, with demonstrations today commemorating the July 1st anniversary of the 1997 Handover of Hong Kong from British control to Chinese control. Most widely reported on have been attempts by demonstrators to break into Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, resulting in clashes with police...