The Crushing of Light

August 31, 1989 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" August 31, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" I have copied in an article about Hong Kong from today's digital edition - also, here is the link to today's digital edition - the article is on page 1: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=8ba2b93b-a54c-4695-8158-610b2a6b51f7 Arrests in Hong Kong inflame tensions Prominent members of leaderless protests are detained in an effort to quell unrest, but it could backfire. By David Pierson and Ryan Ho Kilpatrick HONG KONG — The protests that have convulsed this city for nearly three months have lacked any clear leadership in a bid to sustain momentum should any of their organizers be threatened with jail. That will now be put to the test after authorities in Hong Kong detained several prominent democracy activists, including Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow, in an escalation of hard-line tactics aime...

August 30, 1989 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" August 30, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" there were no articles in today's digital edition of the "Los Angeles Times" regarding Hong Kong and Beijing - a search of today's edition yielded only the temperatures for Hong Kong (page 22) and how the Hang Seng is doing (page 26) here is a link to today's digital edition - the market report is on page 26 https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=8a946897-ba49-42cb-8b92-26f63e988b67

August 29, 1989 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" August 29, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" Haven't found any articles this morning regarding Hong Kong but there was this article that was interesting and in a way (to me) relevant to repression and how far can it go when  citizens do not have the ability to speak in public or publish their words or tweet - a sense of humor can set you on a course of conflict with the "powers that be" - a dumb joke that had not even gained any traction if directed at someone who would try to cause you to lose your job - it makes me wonder if Bret Stephens would like that "Social Credit Score" system (as long as he is not one of those being punished by it) I have printed out the article below but here is the link to the digital edition of this morning's "Los Angeles Times" if you would like to read it there: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?...

August 28, 1989 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" August 28, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" - re Costco now in China (I wonder if you are allowed to go there if your social credit score is low) Costco’s first store in China opens to frenzy, closes early SOME shoppers in Shanghai waited three hours for parking; others reported two-hour check-out lines. (Getty Images) bloomberg Costco Wholesale Corp.’s first outlet in China opened Tuesday and was soon overrun with customers willing to fight over discounted products and wait hours to pay for their purchases. The U.S. retail giant had to suspend operations in its Shanghai store in the afternoon, citing “heavy traffic and customer flows ,” according to a text message sent by the company to consumers holding its membership card. The message was shared on Weibo, China’s micro-blogging website. The frenzy at Costco’s store comes at a time when the U.S. and China are locked in a tit-f...

August 27, 1989 excerpts from the "Los Angeles Times" first is about protesters from Tian An Men Square directing the reader to page 7, part I for the story but all the pages are jumbled and I  haven't found page 7 yet the second article is about Beirut, in bygone days (I recall hearing from a friend back in the 1970's that Beirut was very cosmopolitan, very sophisticated - "the Paris of the Middle East") and so thought I would go ahead and put that in here, this article was printed 30 years ago) August 27, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" from page 3 of today's digital edition: Hong Kong police defend warning shot at protest Demonstrators were charging officers with metal poles and sticks, an official says. associated press HONG KONG — Hong Kong police on Monday defended pulling out their guns and firing a warning shot during anti-government protests over the weekend, and lawmakers on each side of the city’...

August 26, 1989 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" August 26, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to today's digital edition - article on page 3 regarding Hong Kong https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=a18e140c-a67a-4da2-878d-ff8d31c8128a * this article about Hi-Tech (Silicon Valley) devising a "social credit score" (as China has been doing) was featured on "The Drudge Report" this morning - here is the link to the article: https://www.fastcompany.com/90394048/uh-oh-silicon-valley-is-building-a-chinese-style-social-credit-system * There was an article in the current issue of "The New Yorker" about top people from Silicon Valley attending the Esalen Institute in Big Sur - I will try to find the link - my mother was commenting on Friday as she was reading the article that OU...

August 25, 1989 excerpts from the "Los Angeles Times" August 25, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" article regarding Hong Kong link to today's digital edition: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=f3e8e57b-807b-425d-9582-8d288eff1c11

August 24, 1989 excerpts from the "Los Angeles Times" I have included the clipping at the bottom regarding the protest in Estonia thinking of Hong Kong now August 24, 2019 excerpts from the "Los Angeles Times" link to today's digital edition https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=3449d1cf-3529-46a0-a3fe-ea5906ab8639

August 23, 1989 excerpts from the "Los Angeles Times" August 23, 2019 excerpts from the "Los Angeles Times" link to today's digital edition https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=43bbd033-8984-4339-8bd7-0e437a09861b

August 22, 1989 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" August 22, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" about a Netflix series about factories - including a Chinese-owned factory (in the United States) - here is the link to the page: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=f9cb1ec5-427f-42aa-b577-4470875bb337 I did not find anything in today's digital edition of the "Los Angeles Times" about Hong kong Drudge Report today:   China warns foreign news outlets... this article from the "Daily Caller" is re China pressing news outlets re coverage of Hong Kong here is the link to the article on "Daily Caller" website: https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/22/china-letters-news-hong-kong/ Found an article on the "Foreign Policy" website about Beijing shooting itself in the foot regarding Hong Kong - here is the link: https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/22/beijing-is-shootin...

August 21, 1989 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" August 21, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=0f1cb9be-0f81-45a3-8f63-2eba28ec5693

August 20, 1989 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" August 20, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to article on page A2 by Robyn Dixon: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=18c2d734-941f-4ef5-b915-29b0e836e197

August 19, 1989 excerpts from the "Los Angeles Times" August 19, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to article by Alice Su and Ryan Ho Kilpatrick: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=a8b93bb2-b18b-46e1-b6b5-1c7ec8fb49d7 article linked on the Drudge Report this morning - about Beijing being angry at Taiwan for standing with Hong Kong: https://news.yahoo.com/china-lashes-taiwan-over-hong-051547548.html

August 18, 1989 excerpts from the "Los Angeles Times" regarding Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong repatriated August 18, 2019 excerpts from the "Los Angeles Times" - link to page with article by Alice Su: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=50855867-f0ab-4bb0-adc9-5dfed15e9a2e link to page with article/opinion piece by Doyle McManus: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=50855867-f0ab-4bb0-adc9-5dfed15e9a2e top of the Drudge Report this morning, link to article: https://scroll.in/latest/934299/hong-kong-tens-of-thousands-defy-police-ban-and-brave-the-rain-to-march-in-a-show-of-strength

August 17, 1989 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" August 17, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to article on page A3 of the digital edition today https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?pubid=50435180-e58e-48b5-8e0c-236bf740270e

August 16, 1989 excerpts from the "Los Angeles Times" August 16, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to the August 16, 2019 issue of the "Los Angeles Times" - article on page A6 by Chris Megerian https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?pubid=50435180-e58e-48b5-8e0c-236bf740270e The theme of this article - as I understand it - is that the protestors in Hong Kong had better not be hoping for any help from our President Donald Trump or from America - they are totally on their own - so waving American flags and singing our national anthem is not going to help AT ALL. You will be like the protestors at Tian An Men Square thirty years ago - then-President George H.  W. Bush seemed to pretty much wait that one out, not wanting to ruffle any feathers too much. (the article didn't mention the First Gulf War, but President Bush also left Iraqis to fend for themselves at the end of "Desert Storm...

August 15, 1989 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" August 15, 2019 excerpts from the "Los Angeles Times" link to page with articles about Singapore and Hong Kong https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?pubid=50435180-e58e-48b5-8e0c-236bf740270e

August 14, 1989 excerpts from the "Los Angeles Times" Although this blog started out concentrating on Tian An Men Square, with the current developments in Hong Kong which I think mirror events thirty years ago, I am including things about Hong Kong that I am finding in the "Los Angeles Times": August 14, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" regarding events in Hong Kong thirty years and ten weeks approximately after the crackdown commenced at Tian An Men Square photo from the front page of the "Los Angeles Times" this morning followed by the link to the article by Times staff writer Alice Su and special correspondent Ryan Ho Kilpatrick: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?pubid=50435180-e58e-48b5-8e0c-236bf740270e

August 13, 1989 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" item from page 2, part 1 about article on page 15, part 1 (but I went through all the pages for that day and could not find page 15, part 1) I went back on newspapers.com to look for other articles that day about Chinese students - found an article in the "San Franscisco Examiner" about Chinese students in America whose families back home had been visited by authorities - also an article about life in Beijing ten weeks later. Also found an article from the "Town Talk" - a newspaper in Louisiana - about a protest in Peking in 1986. August 13, 2019 excerpts from the "Los Angeles Times" staff writers Alice Su and Laurel Chor regarding developments in Hong Kong - here is the link to the page where the article starts - https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?pubid=50435180-e58e-48b5-8e0c-236bf740270e excerpts from the Drudge Report today: RIOT P...