The New Context

The Student Journal of International Affairs at The New School

Hong Kong

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25 Years after Tianamen: Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protests Unfold

  During two months in Hong Kong this summer, I marched in solidarity with demonstrators at two historic protests: the 25th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square on June 4th and the annual July 1st Protest Rally March. Protesters by the thousands […]

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Why Hong Kong’s Subway System Makes the MTA Look Bad

If you’ve ever been to New York, your experience hasn’t been complete without a ride on the subway.  And if you stick around long enough, you start to notice things, things that eventually might start to irritate you. For example, the […]

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A Night With the Street Sleepers of Kowloon

At 10 p.m. it began. Crock pots were plugged in, sausages wrapped in bread rolls divvied into individual plastic bags. I examined the soup ingredients as I opened the cans of China’s version of Campbell’s soup; Ham, ginseng, red dates, and […]