Hong Kong’s Tears of Anger: How a Democracy Movement Radicalized

Banner image: A phalanx of Braves prepares for battle Featured image: A protest slogan referencing the Polish Solidarity protest movement ¤ MO MING IS used to the acrid taste of tear gas. On October 1, China’s National Day, he zig-zagged across the Harcourt Road flyover in central Hong Kong while gas canisters rained down on us, trailing […] The post Hong Kong’s Tears of Anger: How a Democracy Movement Radicalized appeared first on Los Angeles Review of Books. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Review of Books'

[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-12-20 13:30:53 UTC ]
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