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- Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Kong protests https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-08-20/hong-kong-chinese-students-propaganda 339 comments
- In Taiwan, Many See Hong Kong Protests as Warning https://www.voanews.com/episode/taiwan-many-see-hong-kong-protests-warning-4015186 11 comments worldnews
- In Hong Kong protests against extradition bill to China, the admin of a Telegram group with 30,000 members was arrested. Telegram is used by many protesters to communicate during protests. http://www.bbc.com/news/amp/blogs-trending-48621964 217 comments worldnews
- The effects of propaganda, information, and thought control: Why so many Chinese students can't understand the Hong Kong protests https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-08-20/hong-kong-chinese-students-propaganda 22 comments btc
- Hong Kong protesters rally against China's Uighur crackdown. Many Hong Kongers are watching the scale of China's crackdown in Xinjiang with fear. A protest in support of the Uighurs was violently put down by riot police. https://www.dw.com/en/hong-kong-protesters-rally-against-chinas-uighur-crackdown/a-51771541 2209 comments worldnews
- Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday to protest against the jailing of three young democracy activists, with many questioning the independence of the Chinese-ruled city's judiciary. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-politics-iduskcn1b00ck?feedtype=rss&feedname=topnews 112 comments worldnews
- Protesters in Hong Kong Rally Against China’s Tightening Grip: Many sought to oppose a bill that would threaten prison for disrespecting the Chinese national anthem, the latest expression of public anger at Beijing’s encroachment. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/world/asia/hong-kong-protest-china-anthem.html?campaign_id=57&emc=edit_ne_20200527&instance_id=18862&nl=evening-briefing&regi_id=68337520&segment_id=29350&te=1&user_id=b6e55f6f6979146395b2946f4fb0e01e 4 comments worldnews
- Many Hong Kong people used Telegram to communicate during protests against extradition to China bill. Telegram's founder Pavel Durov has said a massive cyber attack on his messaging service originated from China. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48619804 35 comments worldnews
- While Hong Kong protests are going on, with all of Reddit reeling at the sight of police brutality, let us not forget the French police did many of the same acts toward the Yellow Vests, often going even further with people dying from propelled grenades striking the heads.. https://youtu.be/CzLupXfhSTg?t=177 3 comments worldevents
- China’s security police ‘watched Hong Kong protests closely’, but Beijing denies this: A number of sources say China's government has ramped up the paramilitary People's Armed Police presence in Hong Kong to as many as 4,000 personnel. https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/world/asia/2020-03-18-chinas-security-police-watched-hong-kong-protests-closely-but-beijing-denies-this/ 3 comments worldnews
- 22 weeks of unbroken protests in Hong Kong. On Saturday, pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong called for 100k people to take to streets, and thousands defied police ban against face masks. Many wore gas masks. "...we have to come out to protect the freedoms we deserve" a protestor, 17, told AFP. https://www.dw.com/en/hong-kong-thousands-of-protesters-demand-real-autonomy/a-51089114 852 comments worldnews
- Hong Kong universities become 'battlefields' as citywide violence spreads | Police in HK battled pro-democracy protesters at several university campuses in sometimes savage clashes; Hundreds of masked protesters, many of them students, hurled back petrol bombs, rocks and bricks https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-universities-become-battlefields-as-citywide-violence-spreads-iduskbn1xm00x?utm_source=reddit.com 29 comments worldnews
- Hong Kong universities become 'battlefields' as citywide violence spreads | Police battled pro-democracy protesters at several university campuses in sometimes savage clashes; Hundreds of masked protesters, many of them students, hurled back petrol bombs, rocks & bricks, some launched with catapults https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-universities-become-battlefields-as-citywide-violence-spreads-iduskbn1xm00x?utm_source=reddit.com&utm_source=reddit.com 96 comments worldnews
- A large fire blazed across a main street in Hong Kong on Saturday night, as protesters made a wall out of barricades and set it afire. Hundreds of protesters gathered behind the fire, many pointing laser beams that streaked the night sky above them https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0005976116 119 comments worldnews