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Battle-scarred: the lasting impact of the PolyU campus siege on Hong Kong’s protest movement​
Dec 12, 2019
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On the frontlines: the Hong Kong public hospital doctors making a stand against police violence ​
Aug 28, 2019
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‘Taking back the legislature’: What happened during the 3-hour occupation that shook Hong Kong​
Jul 3, 2019
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Exclusive: Hong Kong police make bloody arrest, assisted by officers suspected to be undercover as protesters
Aug 12, 2019 
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Advocacy expert Sharon Hom puts Hong Kong protests on the agenda in Washington DC
Oct 13, 2019
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‘They don’t deserve sympathy’: how a young police recruit switched sides to join the Hong Kong protests​
Oct 12, 2019
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Top Hong Kong playwright brings the trauma of Tiananmen Massacre survivors to the stage​
Jun 1, 2019
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The final days of Hong Kong’s Green Wave Art space – a community arts hub like no other​
Apr 28, 2019
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‘I can’t find any of them now’: Dissident writer Ma Jian remembers the freedom fighters of pre-Handover Hong Kong​
Nov 18, 2018

FEATURES

Political icon, election machine – your friendly neighbourhood Joshua Wong (Dec 26, 2018)

How one convicted Umbrella Movement activist helped the others prepare for jail time (Apr 25, 2019)

Two artists ask: what does it mean to live under the shadow of the Great Firewall? (Jan 20, 2019)

‘Not even a nuclear explosion could set us apart’: Hong Kong couple wed days after being charged with rioting (Aug 4, 2019)

Exclusive: World’s biggest debate contest axed livestream of Hong Kong topic as Chinese spectators staged walkout (Jan 9, 2020)
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​‘Community spaces are the future’: political artist Sampson Wong finds inspiration and solace in ‘deteriorating’ Hong Kong (Nov 3, 2018)

Can ousted lawmaker Lau Siu-lai win back her seat in a time of ‘absurd’ politics? (Sep 30, 2018)

Decline and fall? Progressive Lawyers Group plans new barometer to measure Hong Kong’s rule of law (Mar 24, 2019)

Retired gov’t planner says he has ‘ultimate solution’ to Hong Kong’s land shortage – and it’s not Lantau (Oct 28, 2018)

Bar Association head Philip Dykes seeks ‘better understanding’ between Hong Kong and mainland lawyers (Jan 13, 2019)

‘He was a titan, a grandmaster’: How late novelist Liu Yichang ‘invented modern Hong Kong’ (Jun 11, 2018)

‘A little bit of espionage’ – The Guerrilla Girls attack gender and class bias at Art Basel Hong Kong (Mar 31, 2018)

REVIEWS

On Jeffrey Wasserstrom's Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink (The Baffler, Feb 25, 2020)

On Xu Xi's Dear Hong Kong (Still / Loud, Sep 11, 2017)

EXPLAINERS

Hong Kong’s Five Demands – an independent investigation into police behaviour (Dec 24, 2019)

Hong Kong’s Five Demands – universal suffrage (Dec 26, 2019)

Hong Kong’s Five Demands – withdrawal of the extradition bill (Dec 23, 2019) 

Aggressive policing creates rifts in Hong Kong’s civil service, with firefighters caught in fallout (Nov 11, 2019)

‘Broad and vague’: Why a court injunction obtained by the Hong Kong police is not just about ‘doxxing’ (Nov 3, 2019)

Police crowd control gear used during Hong Kong’s latest protest clashes (Jul 31, 2019)

The conflicting messages behind protesters’ use of the colonial Hong Kong flag (Jul 13, 2019)

The writing on the wall: Understanding the messages left by protesters during the storming of the Hong Kong legislature (Jul 4, 2019)

‘This is not a meeting’ – Turmoil at the legislature over Hong Kong’s China extradition plan (May 7, 2019)

The US treats Hong Kong as a ‘separate territory’ for trade purposes, but for how long?​ (Jan 19, 2019)
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