Perspective | China thinks it can defeat Hong Kong’s protesters. It can’t. washingtonpost.com/6e68e820-0705-…
Excellent analysis of Hong Kong & its low-level, urban war of attrition by @keithrichburg , a man who knows a thing or two about people power movements in Asia
Ivan Watson
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"Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole"
CNN correspondent based in Hong Kong.
- Hong Kong police demonstrating how not to de-escalate. Ordinary bystander hit by pepper spray #HongKongProtest
00:00 - Hong Kong’s main commercial district gridlocked by anti-government protest, 1st march organized by main protest group that authorities didn’t object to since August. Mass defiance, despite 1000s of arrests, 10,000 rounds of tear gas, & economic recession after 6 months of unrest
- Amnesty International accuses Hong Kong’s police of acting “out of control.” The police reject that criticism. More than 5 months into this crisis, the scene we filmed in Central Hong Kong on Tuesday did not demonstrate a confident police force in command of the situation.
00:00 - US TV exclusive CNN films China Coast Guard ships as they swarm, harrass and water cannon Philippines ships in the South China Sea @bexwright1 @ColesYas @kevbroadcamera #Philippines #China
00:00 - Alleged attempted murder of a Ukrainian civilian by Russian troops, all filmed by a drone. EXCLUSIVE report on the Ukrainian police investigation...and phone taps & other evidence collected against a 26 year old Russian army officer @bexwright1 @tboothhk @maria_avdv @AC360
00:00 - Turkish police detained me and my crew in the middle of a live report in Taksim Square. One officer kneed me in the butt.
- Protesters form a human chain Friday night called “Hong Kong Way.” Organizers commemorate the 30 year anniversary of the Baltic Way, an estimated 2 million person chain across Lithuania, Estonia & Latvia on August 23rd, 1989 to protest Soviet oppression. #MolotovRibbentrop80
00:00 - "Academic papers about tracing the origin of the virus must be strictly and tightly managed" China imposes restrictions on the publication of academic research on the origins of the coronavirus, reports @Nectar_Gan edition.cnn.com/2020/04/12/asi…
- Women’s Tennis Association’s Steve Simon tells CNN email he received from Peng Shuai (later distributed by Chinese state media) is “staged” Threatens to pull business from China “We’re at a crossroads w/China..we have to start as a world to make decisions based on right & wrong”
- “Ukraine didn’t fall. Ukraine is alive and kicking” Zelensky addressing US Congress
- Sweden's Foreign Minister Margot Wallström issues statement in response to Donald Trump's #lastnightinsweden comments
- Remarkable scenes from sea of protesters calling for more democracy & resignation of Hong Kong's top official





