Category Archives: Hong Kong Democracy

Searching for Elder Sister Kou Yanding

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Kou Yanding was taken away by police in Beijing on October 10th for “picking quarrels and provoking disturbances.” Continue reading →

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A letter to my husband Guo Yushan: II

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BY OTHER NEWS SOURCES ON DECEMBER 15, 2014

Twenty days after the first letter to her husband, detained legal activist and scholar, Guo Yushan, Pan Haixia posted another exquisitely written follow-up letter to him online. Continue reading →

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Yang Zili: Exile in My Own Country – A Letter to Domestic Security Officer Li in Beijing

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By Yang Zili, published: December 13, 2014

The Transition Institute researcher is on the run, and his letter provides clues (or no clues) about the recent detention of Guo Yushan and other TI personnel. – The editor

Dear Officer Li,

This is Yang Zili (杨子立), a veteran employee of Continue reading →

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Editorial：The Guardian view on the continuing protests in Hong Kong

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Small-paper-umbrellas-sym-012Rule that is simultaneously timid, fearful, and harsh: China’s problem is that it cannot free itself of a mind set that values control above all else

Small paper umbrellas, symbols of the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, on display last month. Photograph: Alex Ogle/AFP/Getty Images

Monday 1 December 2014 14.44 EST

China’s obsession with control is the enemy of sensible policy. If nothing that comes from outside the ranks Continue reading →

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Hong Kong Protesters Warned Not to Return After Clashes Disrupt Government

Posted on 12/01/2014 by | Hong Kong Protesters Warned Not to Return After Clashes Disrupt Government已关闭评论

188F27F2-0888-4921-A4D2-D18AC0C92514_mw640_mh331_sPolice officers clash with protesters outside government headquarters in Hong Kong, Nov. 30, 2014.

Last updated on: December 01, 2014 11:22 AM

BEIJING—Hong Kong’s chief executive warned protesters not to return to the streets after they and police clashed late Sunday and early Monday outside government headquarters. Continue reading →

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Art Spawned by Hong Kong Protest; Now to Make It Live On

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By JOYCE LAUNOV. 14, 2014

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Art on the Streets

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HONG KONG — Thousands of pastel Post-it notes, marked with messages of support for pro-democracy Continue reading →

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Benny Tai’s daughter writes of ‘unbearable pain’ seeing her father’s ‘white hair, coarse voice’

Posted on 11/12/2014 by | Benny Tai’s daughter writes of ‘unbearable pain’ seeing her father’s ‘white hair, coarse voice’已关闭评论

PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 11 November, 2014, 9:59pm

UPDATED : Wednesday, 12 November, 2014, 11:06am

Tony Cheung, Joyce Ng and Jeffie Lam

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Benny Tai with Tonya as a little girl. Photo: SCMP Pictures

The daughter of Occupy Central co-founder Benny Continue reading →

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Friends Gone to Jail – Chinese Activists Kou Yanding and Guo Yushan

Posted on 10/31/2014 by | Friends Gone to Jail – Chinese Activists Kou Yanding and Guo Yushan已关闭评论

By Zeng Jinyan, published: October 30, 2014

“Watching his friends, who happen to be the hope of a better China, going to prison one after another, is more than personal shame. It is the shame of our time.”

Kou Yanding was taken away by police in Beijing on October 10th for “picking quarrels and provoking disturbances.” The day before on October 9th, Guo Yushan was criminally detained on the same charge. Continue reading →

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