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Hong Kong Burning: The Rise of a Nation

Hong Kong Burning: The Rise of a Nation

The Little Red Podcast · Graeme Smith and Louisa Lim

October 3, 201940m 23s

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Show Notes

As China's leaders gathered in Beijing to survey troops, fireworks and their latest missiles, a different scene was unfolding in Hong Kong.  Police shot an 18-year old protestor in the chest and unleashed a staggering 1400 rounds of tear gas on the population.  The protests originally targeted the extradition bill and then grew into democratic protests, but now protestors increasingly identify as a Hong Kong nation.  What does this mean and how does it affect the endgame? Graeme and Louisa hear voices from the streets including the Civil Human Rights Front's Wong Yik-mo, activist Johnson Yeung Ching-yin and Brian Fong from the Education University of Hong Kong.

Image: Hong Kong protesters on the streets of the city from above, c/- Joseph Chan on Unsplash.

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