Activism Contested centenary: Remembering the May Fourth Movement in the PRC and across Chinese communities July 4, 2019 0 Written by Els van Dongen. Image Credit: 51358-Qingdao by xiquinhosilva /Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. History is no small matter in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Many readers are…
Activism Taiwan’s confused reaction to the Tiananmen Incident in 1989 and why Lee Teng-hui was right June 4, 2019 0 Written by Ho Ming-sho. Image Credit: Tiananmen Square #6 by Mike/Flickr, Licence CC BY-SA 2.0. This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, a…
Bangladesh Experiencing the 2018 Bangladesh protests through social media August 20, 2018 0 The author requested to remain anonymous. Warning: linked images and videos may include distressing content Scrolling through social media on 28 July 2018, I came…
Bangladesh Autopsy of a protest in Bangladesh August 9, 2018 0 Written by Ikhtisad Ahmed Two school students were killed by a bus in Dhaka. Thousands of students took to the streets to protest peacefully on…
Hong Kong Is Hong Kong China’s future? November 14, 2014 0 Written by Sam Crane. The media spotlight has shifted away from Hong Kong toward President Obama’s visit to Beijing, but students and activists remain in…