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AbstractThe Anti-Extradition Bill protests in 2019 culminated in an unprecedented level of violence that departed from the established peaceful social struggles in Hong Kong. This paper examines the evolution of protest repertoires by analysing the interactions between protesters and state actors on a local and global scale.
T. Tang
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Abstract Political demands are a relevant factor in protest participation. However, most studies examined demands as a tactical tool, and it remains unclear how the endorsement of collective demands may contribute to creating the mobilization potential.
Frank Reichert +2 more
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This study advances the understanding of journalists’ social media practices by examining the Twitter feeds of foreign correspondents working for Western legacy media during the 2019 Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill protests in Hong Kong.
Luwei Rose Luqiu, Shuning Lu
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The proposal of the Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assis- tance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019 (2019年逃犯及刑事事宜相互法律協助法例(修訂)條例草 案) (FOMLA) by the Hong Kong government, aimed at closing the gap for extradition to Taiwan, Macau, and Mainland China, sparked dozens of city-wide protests as demonstrators feared it would erode Hong ...
Janis Wong
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Two Nationalisms, One City: Official and Diasporic Framings of the 2019 Hong Kong Protests
ABSTRACT This study analyses the contested collective memories of the 2019 Anti‐Extradition Law Amendment Bill (Anti‐ELAB) movement, investigating how the Hong Kong government and diaspora construct divergent narratives to shape national identity and nationalism.
Isaac Iu
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Police use of force during street protests: A pressing public mental health concern. [PDF]
Street protests are a common means of civic expression and occur across the globe. In the past few years, millions of citizens have attended street protests worldwide.
Adam-Troian J, Çelebi E, Mahfud Y.
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The Pepe the Frog Image-Meme in Hong Kong: Visual Recurrences and Gender Fluidity on the LIHKG Forum
This paper examines how Pepe the Frog, a cartoon character originally created by American cartoonist Matt Furie, and currently a global digital image-meme of online activism, was adopted and adapted in Hong Kong during the 2019 Anti- Extradition Bill ...
Katrien Jacobs +3 more
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Protest, pandemic, & platformisation in Hong Kong: Towards cities of alternatives
This paper explores the variety of alternative, local platforms that flourished in Hong Kong during 2019–2020, a tumultuous time which was shaped by the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill protests and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yung Au
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This paper problematizes assumptions of global all-pervading ‘available’ network culture by examining ‘network unavailability’ phenomenon in contemporary Chinese network culture through a post-colonial critique.
Wing Ki Lee
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Afterword – China: Pandemic and Repression, Biopower and Governmentality [PDF]
During this testing time of a devastating pandemic, since the great plague of the 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia spread from the world’s first explosive outbreak in Wuhan, China (mainland China, officially “People’s Republic of China”), across the ...
Emile Kok-Kheng Yeoh
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