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One Year Ago Today: Hong Kong’s Extradition Bill
To mark the finale of our ‘Hong Kong: One Year Ago Today’ initiative as well as the significance of last year’s event, we reveal to you our final Opinion piece, ‘One Year Ago Today: Hong Kong’s Extradition Bill’. Reflecting on the events of last year, the article revisits ‘the rationale, the content of the bill that started it all, as well as the reasons for its widespread opposition.’
The ‘Limp and Inane’ versus the ‘Outspoken’: Foreign Government Reactions to the ‘Hong Kong Crisis’
From the Anti-extradition Demonstrations in Hong Kong back in 2019 to the current controversies over the Hong Kong National Security Law, Hong Kong’s issues have since become a focal point of international attention.
#YellowEconomicCircle #黃色經濟圈
‘Economic circles’ are far from novel. However, the discourse generated as a result of its proliferation within Hong Kong’s socio-political climate proffers a prime opportunity to not only analyse the city’s socio-economic climate but also contextualise the waves of anti-government sentiment felt in the past year.
The ‘Onset of the Storm’: Key Dates and Events of the Early Stages of Hong Kong’s Political Unrest
From government-sanctioned demonstrations to government institution sieges and mass assemblies, this article summarises the events that happened during the initial period as well as shedding light into the movement’s progression and escalation.