Posts tagged Pillar of Shame
2022: Hong Kong — more than just territory
2022: Hong Kong — more than just territory

As China tightens its grip over political and civic institutions, Hong Kong seems to have been left to fend for itself by the international community. 9DASHLINE invites a select group of experts to identify some wider concerns and avenues of support for the city-state fighting to maintain its democracy.

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Editor's Picks9DLHong Kong, China, 2022, 9DASHLINE, Ryan Ho Kilpatrick, National Security Law, Sari Arho Havrén, MERICS, University of Helsinki, Chinese Communist Party, Beijing, Brussels, Leïla Choukroune, University of Portsmouth, Article 137, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, HKSAR, University Grants Committee, Occupy Hong Kong, Umbrella Movement, Pillar of Shame, Germany, UK, France
Memory under assault: Rewriting history and banning commemoration in Hong Kong

Memory under assault: Rewriting history and banning commemoration in Hong Kong


Written by Jeppe Mulich

Too many young people have been politicised by the events of the past two years, and many of them now bear physical and mental scars, forming an embodied communal archive that will be hard to control. Commemoration, like dissent, is going underground.

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Faultlines9DL9DASHLINE, JEPPE MULICH, Hong Kong, CCP, China, National Security Law, Mao, Qing Empire, 4 June, Tiananmen Square, Tiananmen Square massacre, COVID19, Macau, 1989, Victoria Park, The Simpsons, Hong Kong University, Pillar of Shame, Mayer Brown, Denmark, One Country Two Systems