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by Wayne Yeung 語言: English Photo Credit: Youngspiration “The surest way of discrediting and damaging a new political (and not only political) idea is to reduce it to absurdity on the plea of defending it.” —Vladimir Lenin, “‘Left-Wing’ Communism:...

Elections, elections, and more elections is the ‘change’ meme for 2016 but, as Bloomberg details, the key events of the year ahead vary from a California marijuana referendum to Brazil’s Olympics, and from Davos to SCOTUS. No matter what, 2016 holds...

Occupy Central protesters brought their tents to the sit-in sites to prepare for long-term fight. Photo by PH Yang, non-commercial use. Days after the debut of a massive sit-in in Hong Kong calling for genuine democratic elections, Beijing began accusing...

Millions of Hong Kongers go to the polls Sunday to elect the city's parliament... sort of, CNN reports. The Legislative Council, or LegCo, election is easily one of the world's strangest. It includes three different types of seats, multiple voting systems...

Categories: Hong Kong News 28 September, 2014 17:58 – Hong Kong police force using tear gas to break up pro-democracy protests near Hong Kong government headquarters. Police fired 87 canisters of tear gas at protesters to clear key roadways along the...