The Umbrella Revolution

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  Elsie Chan

  

  Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Student Leaders Refused Entry to Beijing

  TIME - Rishi Iyengar/Hong Kong

  Student leaders of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests are officially persona non grata on the Chinese mainland after they were not allowed to board a flight to Beijing where they planned to press their demands for free local elections. Alex Chow, Eason Chung and Nathan Law of the Hong Kong …

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  Elsie Chan

  

  Flipboard Newsdesk

  Oct 24, 2014

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  Elsie Chan

  

  Flipboard Newsdesk

  Oct 22, 2014
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  Elsie Chan

  

  Hong Kong Students March On Chief Executive's Residence

  NPR - Scott Neuman

  Activists in Hong Kong, angered by what they perceive as little progress in talks on democratic reforms with the government, marched to the home of the territory's chief executive to demand his ouster. Reuters says: "Others continued to occupy main streets in the Chinese-controlled city, where they …

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  Elsie Chan

  

  A Hong Kong Protest Camp Spawns Its Own Art

  NPR - Frank Langfitt

  Now in its improbable fourth week, the main pro-democracy protest camp in Hong Kong's Admiralty district is a sort of Woodstock on the South China Sea. A sea of tents, the camp teems with street art and propaganda posters. They range from sculptures and cartoons to protest banners and the "Lennon …

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  Elsie Chan

  

  On TV, Hong Kong Openly Debates Democracy

  The New York Times - By Michael Forsythe and Alan Wong

  HONG KONG — After weeks of protests that have shaken this financial hub of 7.2 million people, residents thought they had seen it all. Then, on Tuesday night, something even more extraordinary happened, on live television: a polite debate between earnest students wearing black “Freedom Now” …