Hong Kong Extradition Bill Protests

[Randy W]

0n suicide watch?

 

 

[Randy W]

email from Yondon Lhatoo, SCMP

about the Hong Kong protests

 

 

 

Hong Kong remains fearful and uncertain as to what

comes next as the deadly coronavirus that originated in the mainland Chinese city of Wuhan exacts its toll. And far from killing off the social unrest that dominated the news over the second half of last year, this worrying health crisis has revitalised the anti-government protest movement, giving it new direction.

We explore how large-scale marches have given way to unionised action against the establishment, the recent strike by public hospital workers being the first major example. Isolated acts of violence may no longer be making headlines, but they are happening nonetheless -- the police bomb squad had to be called in after a homemade device went off in a public toilet, and tear gas was fired in Tseung Kwan O over the weekend. Follow all the latest developments at scmp.com.

Yonden Lhatoo,
Chief News Editor

[Randy W]

Violent protesting comes back - from the SCMP

A rally marking 6 months since violent clashes at Prince Edward MTR Station

https://www.facebook.com/355665009819/posts/10158073985009820/

Hong Kong police arrest 115 after biggest outbreak of protest violence since coronavirus crisis

• Government warns resurgence of violence, with city in throes of public health crisis, poses major threat to the economy
• Chaos erupts over the weekend in Kowloon as police and protesters trade tear gas, petrol bombs, while officer draws firearm
   

Edited June 22, 2021 by Randy W (see edit history)

[Randy W]

from the SCMP

 

Anti-government protests return to Hong Kong on Labour Day

• Officers deploy pepper spray to disperse people staging a singalong at New Town Plaza in Sha Tin after a day of mostly peaceful Labour Day events
• After denying permission for the traditional workers’ rights march, police visit union booths across the city and enforce social-distancing rules

Hong Kong faced a resurgence of anti-government protests on the back of an improving coronavirus situation, with a return to riot police pepper spraying demonstrators to disperse them in a shopping mall at the end of a largely peaceful Labour Day.

An expected return to larger protest chaos on the streets did not materialise on Friday, and officers who had fanned out across the city only had to contend with small groups and individuals to enforce a ban against public gatherings.

But it was a stark reminder of the political and social turmoil waiting in the wings, interrupted only by the Covid-19 pandemic, after last year’s mass protests and street violence

Protesters began to gather at the atrium of New Town Plaza in Sha Tin at around 7pm on Friday, singing Glory to Hong Kong, the anthem of the anti-government movement.

 

 

 

 

 

[Randy W]

Riots return again to Hong Kong

https://www.facebook.com/355665009819/posts/1364025853786590/

Watch on Facebook or YouTube

Edited June 22, 2021 by Randy W (see edit history)

[Randy W]

from the Global Times' "Hu Says" on Twitter

The 'beautiful sight' difined by US politicians has eventually extended from Hong Kong to the US. Now they can witness it by their home windows. I want to ask Speaker Pelosi and Secretary Pompeo: Should Beijing support protests in the US, like you glorified rioters in Hong Kong? https://t.co/tvg0kyK8j0

Edited May 31, 2020 by Randy W
Added 2nd tweet (see edit history)

[Randy W]

The Global Times' Hu Says says: Lay off already!

 

Published on May 31, 2020

There’re different reasons for the riots, but their similarities are overwhelming: they all defy the law, subvert order, and are destructive; violence in HK is justified, and violence in the US is unjust. This kind of thinking is intolerable

 

 

 

[Randy W]

. . . and just to show that he can play nice, Hu Says says this on Twitter

 

 

[eseum]

I'm putting this article here, since it is China's response to the U.S. change to Hong Kong special status. Feel free to move it.

 

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/trade/500464-china-halts-state-purchases-of-us-soybeans-pork-report

China halts purchases of US soybeans, pork: report

"China has reportedly told state-owned firms to stop buying U.S. soybeans and pork, a move that would break a key provision of the phase one trade deal between the world's two largest economies. Reuters reported on Monday, citing two unnamed sources, that the order from Beijing also applies to corn and cotton.

According to the newswire, China is retaliating against President Trump for announcing he would strip Hong Kong of its special status."

[amberjack1234]

:sosad: :sosad:

[Randy W]

from the SCMP

 

 

One year on, have Hong Kong protesters been defeated?

• As Hong Kong marks a year after the anti-government movement began, we launch a new series analysing how key players have fared since the June 9 mass rally, when an estimated 1 million people took to the streets to protest the now-withdrawn extradition bill
• In this first instalment, Jeffie Lam looks at the future of a movement beaten into retreat by a pandemic and looming national security law

 

One year on, protesters are finding themselves at a crossroads, grappling with much that has changed in the pulse and purpose of their movement, and in the city itself. Their once formidable ranks have shrunk dramatically, the momentum lost.

 

With the exception of a New Year’s Day mass protest, all their subsequent gatherings in 2020 have been small affairs quickly quashed by a more aggressive police force pursuing a pre-emptive strategy. The encrypted Telegram channels they created at the height of the movement still exist but the most active ones are not about protest strategy but help for those facing trial and jail time.

 

The triple whammy of the arrests, virus, and a looming national security law has left protesters, politicians and observers seeing little likelihood of campaigns returning on the scale and intensity of last year.

 

 

[Randy W]

The SCMP's Yonden Lhatoo compares America's images of Hong Kong protestors vs. their own protestors.

"Hong Kong 'Heroes' and American 'Terrorists'"

from the SCMP on Facebook and YouTube

https://www.facebook.com/355665009819/posts/283052646080521/

Edited June 22, 2021 by Randy W (see edit history)

[Randy W]

Almost 4 hours of video of today's protest - the first after passage of the National Security law. both the police and the protesters seem MUCH more subdued than the previous rioting, but I only watched a few minutes

https://youtu.be/PVMbYW45tDA

The link could not be embedded because youtu.be does not allow embedding of that video.

click on the link yourself

Edited June 22, 2021 by Randy W (see edit history)

[Randy W]

Extradition trivialized - from the Global Times

https://www.facebook.com/115591005188475/posts/3210750969005781/

Quote

Once a decision has been made and the case goes to the central govt’s national security office, it would be irrelevant to the #HKSAR government and jurisdictional organs, so there will be no extradition from #HongKong to the mainland: expert. https://bit.ly/2NVlwpf

Edited June 22, 2021 by Randy W (see edit history)

[Randy W]

The Global Times compares East vs. West on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/115591005188475/posts/689899195190870/

Edited June 22, 2021 by Randy W (see edit history)