Beijing’s new Security Law that criminalized “Secession” (ie Hong Kong autonomy) protests has ended the Hong Kong we knew forever. Hong Kong was relinquished as a British colony in 1997, and under the agreement Hong Kong would be autonomous from China for 50 years. China did not want to wait until 2047, and imposed a…
You may have read about China’s practice of foot-binding. It’s an ancient custom dating back to the supposedly pleasing aesthetic sense of the 10th century. To improve their marriage prospects, women would bind their feet with bandages from an early age to stunt the growth of them. The tradition was damaging to the development of…
Jon, a libertarian activist also known as @still_too_savage_for_statists on Instagram, was in Hong Kong from November 3rd to November 18th. He raised the money to give out medical supplies in Hong Kong, helped the protesters medically, talked to the people of Hong Kong about politics, was in Poly University before the police took control of it,…
Shelby Talcott China suspended U.S. Navy visits to Hong Kong Monday after President Donald Trump signed legislation last week backing the pro-democracy protests that have been going on for months. The two bills Trump signed Nov. 27 come amid a continuation of public clashes in Hong Kong that began over an extradition bill. China previously warned it…
You can’t escape it; capitalism has a bad rap. Last night, thousands of anti-capitalist protestors took to the streets in capital cities across the world. Wearing V for Vendetta-inspired Guy Fawkes masks (most of which are made in China), these self-styled “anti-establishment” demonstrators, who took part in annual Million Mask March, sought to express their…
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Thursday, November 28th. America celebrated the ultimate example of communism failing, capitalism emerging, and mutual respect between vastly different cultures during Thanksgiving. On this day, Hong Kong celebrated thankfulness for American leadership in a Thanksgiving Day Assembly. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5SJbqShWwC/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet Thousands flooded Hong Kong’s Edinburgh Place for the Thanksgiving rally at approximately 7:00pm (their time).It was organized by the…
The activists at Truman State University’s Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) chapter held an event to support Hong Kong protesters yearning for liberty. It created some uncomfortable confrontations and the police were called. Naomi Mathew is the president of Truman State’s YAL chapter and a Missouri State Chair for YAL. Mathew explained that in October,…
In the first decisive show of support by the US for the Free Hong Kong protesters, the Senate unanimously approved a bill helping them in their struggle for liberty on Tuesday evening, November 19th. The legislation requires the Secretary of State to annually confirm that Hong Kong is staying sufficiently independent from China. If the…
When Berlin was struggling for freedom under the oppression of the Soviet Union, President Kennedy declared “Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free.” Hong Kong, like Berlin, is in the same struggle for liberty against an increasingly tyrannical communist regime in China. Hong Kong was a British colony until…
Audrey Conklin Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam was forced to abandon a speech Wednesday that was interrupted by chaos from an attack against a protest organizer and shouting from lawmakers, the Associated Press reported. About five assailants attacked Hong Kong protest leader Jimmy Sham with hammers while he was on his way to a meeting, according to AP citing…