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...
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 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...
Demonstrations in Hong Kong against the extradition bill continue, with thousands demonstrating yesterday ahead of the G20 conference scheduled to take place in Osaka, Japan from June 28th to June 29th. At night, demonstrators again surrounded Hong Kong police headquarters in Wan Chai...
It may not be surprising to note that recent demonstrations in Hong Kong against the new extradition law pushed for by the Hong Kong government have had a significant impact on Taiwan...
Protests continue in Hong Kong, with a series of protests yesterday culminating in demonstrators surrounding Hong Kong police headquarters in Wan Chai into the early morning hours...
On June 16th, a rally was held in Washington DC as a part of global solidarity rallies against a proposed extradition bill that the Hong Kong government intended to pass until its suspension last weekend...
Yesterday's march against the Beijing-backed extradition bill pushed for by the Hong Kong government ended without major incident, with over two million residents of Hong Kong taking to the streets by the time of the demonstration’s end. But with the Hong Kong government not yet withdrawing the extradition bill, more protests are expected for today, inclusive of another call for a general strike...
Demonstrators marched through the streets of Hong Kong in the thousands once again today in order to protest against the Hong Kong government’s handling of a planned extradition treaty which would allow Hong Kong residents to be deported to China to face criminal charges. Organizers claim that over 1,400,000 demonstrators are present....