By Jonathan Sharp Mainstream and social media in Hong Kong — a city torn by weeks of mass protests led by young people and frequently turning violent — are beginning to talk about something that would have been unthinkable before the turmoil erupted in...
Maggie Fox witnessed the toppling of a president and war in the Balkans. For this News-Decoder correspondent, journalism “is the coolest job ever.” Fox holding a T-shirt reading “Another Meddling Foreign Journalist” in the Philippines in 1986 This is the...
By Jonathan Sharp Twice in the past five years, youth in Hong Kong have put themselves at the sharp end, taking to the streets in mass protests that have put them legally and physically in harm’s way. The results have been mixed. In 2014, they blocked parts of the...
By Jane Macartney Emerging from the midnight darkness enveloping Beijing’s main street, a People’s Liberation Army soldier pointed his AK-47 at two young men who were crouched by the roadside to watch massed troops marching on Tiananmen Square. He shouted at them to...
It’s been four years since young activists in Hong Kong launched a movement for democratic reforms. Now, a sense of powerlessness is growing. Pro-democracy protesters holding yellow umbrellas, Hong Kong, 28 September 2017 (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Few birthday...
