China Signals Intervention as Hong Kong’s Protests Intensify

By artappraiser on Sun, 08/25/2019 - 4:49pm |

China sent the strongest warning yet it's thinking of using troops on Hong Kong’s streets https://t.co/Mf3rCaylqe
— Bloomberg (@business) August 25, 2019

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Looks more like real war, not the usual of protestors and police role playing:

So many scenes this weekend—most notably this clip from @rthk_news in Tsuen Wan tonight—leave me with just one question: how have we reached this point? So, so many things have had to go wrong for things to arrive at this. pic.twitter.com/vvt7LoTWma
— Mary Hui (@maryhui) August 25, 2019

by artappraiser on Sun, 08/25/2019 - 4:51pm

Hong Kong police fire gunshot and deploy water cannon during protests for the first time since demonstrations broke out in June

[Tap to expand] https://t.co/YtDH3RvP6y pic.twitter.com/0YHchoFlQM
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 25, 2019

by artappraiser on Sun, 08/25/2019 - 5:13pm

Wow.

Just watch and listen to how the people of Hong Kong greet a group of protesters.

pic.twitter.com/UZT6G4E76O
— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) August 25, 2019

by artappraiser on Sun, 08/25/2019 - 5:16pm

So sad, China is going to crush them like ants soon. It's like NYC trying to preserve some freedoms against an oppressive United States of America. Worse in the Hong Kong is smaller than NYC and China has 4 times the population of the US.

by ocean-kat on Sun, 08/25/2019 - 7:26pm

Hong Kong protesters form 28-mile human chain demanding democracyhttps://t.co/3hIc7KVuN1 pic.twitter.com/l61axmuCgv
— The Last Word (@TheLastWord) August 25, 2019

by artappraiser on Sun, 08/25/2019 - 10:48pm

cops no longer a fun meme:

This mood began 5 yrs ago during Umbrella. Few months ago at a panel discussion I moderated a Hong Kong director said he was planning for a police-themed comedy sequel but he scrapped the plan: “No one would want to see it.” It must be worse now. https://t.co/rwJUv76mUc
— Vivienne Chow (@VivienneChow) August 29, 2019

by artappraiser on Thu, 08/29/2019 - 3:39am

The past 48 hours in Hong Kong, a thread... (1/8)
— Chris Hanretty (@chrishanretty) August 30, 2019

by artappraiser on Fri, 08/30/2019 - 12:54pm

NEWS ANALYSIS: Beijing’s Hong Kong Strategy: More Arrests, No Concessions

By Keith Bradsher @ NYTimes.com, Aug. 30, updated 6:28 pm ET

HONG KONG — The arrests on Friday of prominent democracy lawmakers and activists in Hong Kong reflect a tactical escalation by China’s leaders to curb the recent street violence, but which could prolong the protests for many months.

Officials in Beijing, along with the Hong Kong government that answers to them, have decided on a policy of stepped-up arrests of demonstrators, who would be publicly labeled the most radical of the activists, according to Hong Kong cabinet members and leaders of the local pro-Beijing establishment.

In interviews over the past two weeks, these local political figures stressed that China wants the Hong Kong police to carry out the arrests — not Chinese soldiers, whose intervention in the city’s affairs would be unprecedented.

Beijing has also ruled out making concessions to the demonstrators, they said. With protest leaders also vowing not to back down, the officials acknowledged that the price of the strategy could be months of acrimony, possibly stretching into 2020 [....]

by artappraiser on Fri, 08/30/2019 - 8:18pm

It’s just one online discussion forum. And yet it receives such level of attention. Why are they so scared? #HongKongProtests https://t.co/JDWA4GcDDU
— Vivienne Chow (@VivienneChow) August 31, 2019

by artappraiser on Sat, 08/31/2019 - 4:29am

Energetic stream of protestors marching on Queensway (despite the heavy rain). If the Govt's plan was to cow Hong Kongers into submission with yesterday's mass arrests, it isn't working too well. #HongKongProtests #HongKong #antiELAB pic.twitter.com/T95mP30QHg
— Wilson Leung (@WilsonLeungWS) August 31, 2019

#LIVE: Thousands of protesters are marching from Central to the government headquarters in Admiralty. Harcourt Road, outside the complex, has been occupied. Follow our live coverage here: https://t.co/Q7VMrU9GtS #hongkongprotests
— SCMP News (@SCMPNews) August 31, 2019

Hennessy Road fills with tens of thousand of #antiELAB protesters during the 13th weekend of the #HongKongProtests pic.twitter.com/z7SitH0AsU
— Bloomberg TicToc (@tictoc) August 31, 2019

VIDEO: Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters defy a police ban on rallying in Hong Kong, a day after several leading activists and lawmakers were arrested in a sweeping crackdown #hongkongprotests pic.twitter.com/pd5RUrqwo4
— AFP news agency (@AFP) August 31, 2019

by artappraiser on Sat, 08/31/2019 - 4:51am

China Signals Intervention as Hong Kong’s Protests Intensify

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