Recently, there’s been news reports of confrontations between the police, security guards and demolition workers on one side, and villagers/outside solidarity activists on the other, in the village of Choi Yuen. A couple days ago, I posted an article on the loss of more rural villages in Hong Kong, as Continue Reading
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/26/egypt-protests?CMP=twt_gu Also, some pretty shocking audio recording by Jack Shenker of the Guardian, as him and others were arrested and taken away in a police van. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Right of Abode in Hong Kong Granted for Mainland-Born Children
For all its faults, the Hong Kong Catholic Church was pretty cool on this issue. A major issue of status in Hong Kong is that of Hong Kong families with children and spouses born in Mainland China. As a result of the one country, two system policy, (and colonialism .. Continue Reading