Tag: Hong Kong
Lo Mei Wa: Letter to a Future Daughter on the Occasion of the “Fishball Revolution”February 2016
When Hong Kong used to be home
Eduardo Galeano: God’s Masterpiece or the Devil’s Bad Joke?July 2015
Barbarians and apes—from the Opium Wars to the origin of the species.
Bo Wang: Doric Columns in ChongqingJune 2015
Jacob Kiernan interviews the filmmaker on his upcoming project in Hong Kong, dislodged cultural identity, and the evolution of wedding photography in China.
Erik Wennermark: In Hong Kong, the Last Days of OccupyJanuary 2015
As the powers that be dismantle what remains of Hong Kong's mass protest movement, thoughts on winners and losers and the city's future.
Erik Wennermark: The Laundry and Dust Are Higher Every DayOctober 2014
Our latest dispatch from the pro-democracy Occupy movement in Hong Kong and the frustrating talks between students and government officials.
The Arc of PossibilityOctober 2014
The longtime Beijing correspondent on the roots of dissent in Hong Kong, China’s “Me” generation, and the precarious expansion of Chinese civil society.
Erik Wennermark: City of ProtestOctober 2014
In Hong Kong, participatory democracy fights the forces of inertia and autocracy.
Erik Wennermark: Will the Center Hold?October 2014
As protests continue in Hong Kong, pro-Beijing forces threaten the movement for self-determination.
Erik Wennermark: Sorry for Inconveniencing You! Thank You for a Better Future!October 2014
Dispatch from Hong Kong's Occupy Central.
Xu Xi 許素細: Pigeonholes and Portals and Third-Culture PeepsJune 2014
Why is the nation state at all significant for who you are as a writer?
Richard Falk: Istanbul, a Modest ProposalNovember 2012
Could Istanbul be the future capital of the world?