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Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam: The ‘Nanny’, the ‘Good Fighter’, and ‘Beijing’s Puppet’

Carrie Lam, a Roman Catholic, was born in Hong Kong and comes from a working class background. 1982, as a civil servant, the Hong Kong government funded her one year-diploma course at…

Al Majalla - London 13 September 2019
Members of the territory's medical sector attend a protest in Edinburgh Place in Hong Kong on August 2, 2019.  (Getty)

Will China Crush the Protests in Hong Kong?

For five months,Hong Konghas seen waves of massive protests and violence in the streets. And for five months, the local authorities, with the backing ofBeijing, have responded in increasingly…

Michael C. Davis and Victoria Tin-bor Hui 09 August 2019
A protester makes a gesture during a protest on June 12, 2019 in Hong Kong China. (Getty)

Hong Kong’s Muzzled Generation Cries Out

As cars idled bumper to bumper on one of Hong Kong’s busiest highways, a gaggle of young people clad in black darted into traffic. Cars swerved. Buses braked. Hundreds, then thousands, of teens…

Suzanne Sataline 05 July 2019
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The Palestinian flag in France: from student activism to social unrest 

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Once a symbol of solidarity with the Palestinian cause, it is now being used by different groups to advance their own grievances and agendas

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