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Can we compare the occupy action in the US Capitol with those in Hong Kong and Taiwan?

Yun-Tong Tang19 Feb 2021

Violent clashes with police, storming the legislature, vandalizing properties in the parliamentary building …… All these happened in the United States, one of the most well-established democratic states in the world. The event in the US Capitol shocked the world and...

The Umbrella Movement 2.0: The 2019 Anti-Extradition Protest in Hong Kong

Yun-Tong Tang13 Jun 2019

In September 2014, hundreds of thousands of protesters in Hong Kong went onto the street, standing up against the Chinese National People’s Congress’s decision to bar Hong Kong from having a free and fair universal suffrage. Protesters occupied the roads around the...

Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Movement: Losing Hope

Yun-Tong Tang27 Apr 2017

A 500,000 person demonstration, a referendum for universal suffrage, a 79-day Occupy Movement……efforts to fight for democracy in Hong Kong over the past decade or so have not yet paid off. The election for the Chief Executive of Hong Kong held on March 26, 2017...

The Umbrella Movement: a leaderless movement supported by citizens’ umbrellas

Chung Yan Priscilla Kam13 Oct 2014

The Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong is a critical milestone of pro-democracy campaigning in this postcolonial society. Differing from the previous movement mobilisation, the Umbrella Movement is neither planned nor led by any leader. Instead, the movement is a result...

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Can we compare the occupy action in the US Capitol with those in Hong Kong and Taiwan?

The Umbrella Movement 2.0: The 2019 Anti-Extradition Protest in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Movement: Losing Hope

The Umbrella Movement: a leaderless movement supported by citizens’ umbrellas

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