Hong Kong Plays Itself | Dennis Zhou

Hong Kong Plays Itself | Dennis Zhou

The cityscape of Hong Kong, which grew over the course of two centuries from a fishing village to a colonial port to a gleaming metropolis and international financial center, has long proven hard to visualize. In his classic 1997 study Hong Kong: Culture and the Politics of Disappearance, published just months before the region’s handover…

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Officials win court case to remove asylum-seekers from a U.K. hotel that's been the focus of protests

Officials win court case to remove asylum-seekers from a U.K. hotel that’s been the focus of protests

LONDON — A hotel near London that has become the focus of heated anti-migrant protests in recent weeks will have to remove asylum-seekers who are staying there after authorities won a legal bid Tuesday to oust the migrants. Officials from the Epping Forest District Council asked a judge to issue an order to temporarily block migrants from…

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More than 500 in U.K. arrested in pro-Palestinian events

More than 500 in U.K. arrested in pro-Palestinian events

LONDON — London police said Sunday that 532 people were arrested the previous day when supporters of a pro-Palestinian group recently outlawed as a terrorist organization intentionally broke the law to test the government’s ability to enforce the ban. The Metropolitan Police Service released the updated figures as a separate group of protesters, demanding the immediate release…

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