![]() The shells hit the road with a ping, and sparks fly as they skip gaily along the asphalt. ![]() ![]() Tear gas rounds describe a graceful arc as they drop down out of the blue sky, trailing feathery tails of smoke like streamers. the accompanying images-in photos and art-of protesting crowds, brutal police tactics, masks, and clouds of tear gas are eerily familiar, as if Hong Kong roils not on the other side of the globe, but right across the street. “City of Tears,” this Ninth Letter excerpt from Antony Dapiran’s City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong, tells the history of this uprising and its stories of stirring bravery. Now it may add democracy to its tally: taking advantage of the pandemic and shelter-at-home restrictions, mainland Chinese rulers are squelching Hong Kong’s thriving democratic culture.Ģ019 was a year of fearless mass protests by the people of Hong Kong defending their freedom of home rule. Spreading across the globe, the coronavirus is reaping a grim harvest from communities of color, the old, the poor, the medically compromised, refugees, essential workers, front-line doctors and nurses, even the healthy. ![]()
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