Tag Archives: Protest

• Thousands defy crackdown in Moscow’s biggest protest for years 11 August 2019 | Maria Tsvetkova and Gleb Stolyarov This post has no comments yet

  Tens of thousands of Russians staged what a monitoring group called the country’s biggest political protest for eight years on Saturday, defying a crackdown to demand free elections. ...

• Identifying small pains in Achilles’ heel is America’s political gain 29 July 2019 | Ugyen Gyalpo This post has no comments yet

  I hope and pray that the US show more political engagement and thereby also pave the way for other countries that are being oppressed by China. ...

• China defends Hong Kong police, blames Western forces | Yanan Wang This post has 3 comments

  China blamed Western forces and defended police conduct in remarks Monday about Hong Kong after the city endured another weekend of violent clashes between protesters and police. ...

• Police fire tear gas in clash with Hong Kong protesters over banned march 27 July 2019 | Marius Zaharia and Donny Kwok This post has 2 comments

  Police fired tear gas during clashes in a rural Hong Kong town on Saturday as several thousand activists gathered to protest an attack by suspected triad gang members on protesters. ...

• Li Peng, Chinese premier during Tiananmen crackdown, dies 25 July 2019 | Ken Moritsugu This post has no comments yet

  Li, who died Monday at 90, warned Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protesters in May 1989 that “the situation will not develop as you wish” a day before he announced martial law. ...

• Hong Kong leader says extradition bill is dead, but critics unconvinced 9 July 2019 | Donny Kwok and Anne Marie Roantree This post has one comment

  Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the extradition bill that sparked the Chinese-ruled city’s biggest crisis in decades is dead, but critics accused her of playing with words. ...

• Chinese state media says ‘Western ideologues’ to blame for Hong Kong unrest 4 July 2019 | Andrew Galbraith and Anne Marie Roantree This post has no comments yet

  Chinese state media blamed meddling by Western governments on Thursday for unrest in Hong Kong amid an escalating diplomatic spat between China and the United Kingdom over protests. ...

• Hong Kong police vow action over parliament storming 3 July 2019 This post has no comments yet

  The semi-autonomous city has been shaken by massive anti-government demonstrations since last month, sparked by a proposed law that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China. ...

• Protesters storm Hong Kong parliament on China handover anniversary 1 July 2019 This post has one comment

  Protesters stormed Hong Kong's parliament building late Monday as the territory marked its China handover anniversary, smashing through reinforced windows and steel shutters. ...

• Hong Kong leader apologizes as protesters press demands for her to quit 16 June 2019 | James Pomfret and Farah Master This post has 2 comments

  Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam apologized on Sunday as hundreds of thousands of black-clad protesters maintained calls for her to resign over her handling of an extradition bill. ...