Emily Feng
Stories
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Protests In Hong Kong Have Mobilized Residents From All Walks Of Life
Protesters in Hong Kong are being helped my many of the city's residents working as medics, those trying to prevent clashes between the police and protesters, and others documenting police violence.
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Hong Kong Protesters Met With Tear Gas After Defying Mask Ban
Protesters in Hong Kong braved the rain and risked arrest by defying a government ban on wearing masks. Police responded with tear gas.
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Hong Kong Protesters Defy Face Mask Ban
Police fired teargas in an attempt to break up demonstrations in Hong Kong. The protesters against the Beijing government defied a ban on wearing masks.
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Hong Kong Bans Face Masks At Public Assemblies
The decision by Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam is intended to make it more difficult for protesters to hide their identities and thereby discourage further protests.
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China's Communist Party Celebrates 70 Years In Power
Two men from China's legendary Class of 1977 experienced firsthand some of the major twists and turns in Chinese modern history, and ended up with very different outlooks on the Communist Party.
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China Used Twitter To Disrupt Hong Kong Protests, But Efforts Began Years Earlier
Social media networks banned hundreds of thousands of accounts last month. In NPR's assessment of the data, telling details begin to depict large disinformation campaigns.
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In Hong Kong, Students Strike, Seeking Democratic Reforms
Thousands of Hong Kong students boycotted class to peacefully call for greater democracy for the former British colony. The strike followed a violent weekend of clashes between protesters and police.
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Student Strike Is Next Evolution Of Hong Kong Protests
It's the first day of fall semester in Hong Kong, but many students are not in classes — they're on strike, calling on Hong Kong's chief executive to listen to their demands.
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News Brief: Democracy Activists Arrested In Hong Kong, Methane Limit Rollback, Brexit
Hong Kong authorities arrested activists in a coordinated sweep ahead of a what had been a planned anti-government march. Also, the EPA aims to roll back limits on methane and an update on Brexit.
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Economist Regrets Push To Make China's Economy More Capitalistic
Many policymakers and intellectuals believed that as China opened up its economy, so would its politics. Hungarian economist János Kornai now says he made a horrible mistake.