· July, 2006

Stories about Hong Kong (China) from July, 2006

Hong Kong: Why joining the rally?

  3 July 2006

This year many bloggers explain why they still joined the July 1st marches in Hong Kong even the agenda was not very clear. Duimanpark says that even though universal suffrage is impossible under the existing political situation, he continued to demonstrate for it (zh). HungOneBean in InMediaHK describes people who...

Hong Kong: a city with no memory

  3 July 2006

A dead tycoon’s granddaughter is appealing to her family to stop the sale of a vast private garden, famed as the setting for films such as James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun, to a property developer. BigWhiteGuy comments that “Hong Kong is a city with no memory....

China: Tibet Railroad

  3 July 2006

China inaugurated the Tibet railroad on July 1. Mainland blogger like Bingfengteahouse believes that it is a truely blessing for Tibetian. However, The China Confidential comments that “Tibetans are rapidly becoming an underclass in their own country as a result of the government-sponsored Chinese influx and persecution of Tibetans“. A...

Hong Kong: July first rally: the Anson Chan effect?

  2 July 2006

July first in China is many things. It is the anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party in China, the day in 1997 when Hong Kong was handed over to China and is also the date of one of the largest mobilizations in Hong Kong each year. This year...