The Crushing of Light

December 31, 1989 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpts from "The Tampa Tribune" December 31, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "South China Morning Post" (scmp.com) Mainland university student among eight charged over Hong Kong protest Student He Zhenyu, 20, caused a commotion along with four local teenagers by shouting at customers at a Mannings pharmacy in Sheung Shui, a court was told. 59 minutes ago

December 30, 1989 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpts from "The Spokesman-Review"  (Spokane, Washington) December 30, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "South China Morning Post" (scmp.com) Opinion | Is Xi’s China becoming as out of touch with reality as the Qing court? Phil C. W. Chan 33 minutes ago

December 29, 1989 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpts from the "Palm Beach Post" (developments in Romania seemed to bother Beijing at that time) December 29, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to today's digital edition: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=7ca4d560-7a2c-4242-9e14-a3c7c8ce0dc0 Hong Kong police lose luster Brutality at protests tarnishes once-respected force By David Pierson HONG KONG — On Oct. 1, as the People’s Republic of China celebrated its birthday, Canaan Wong and his friends were dodging tear gas. Adherents of the pro-democracy movement that has convulsed Hong Kong for months, they approached a pedestrian bridge in the central district of Wan Chai, part of a throng of marchers. Suddenly, a police officer heaved a garbage can the size of a beer keg over the side of the span, sending it crashing down about 15 feet onto the head

December 28, 1989 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "Star-Phoenix" (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) December 28, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "South China Morning Post" (scmp.com) AI will be one of the main areas for collaboration between the two sides. Photo: Dreamstime China and Russia plan to boost scientific collaboration Focus on technological collaboration comes as Moscow and Beijing are being brought closer together in face of growing pressure from the West Vladimir Putin has designated 2020 as the year of Russian-Chinese science cooperation with the focus expected to be on communications, AI and ‘the internet of things’ 43 minutes ago Common US enemy helps bring China and Russia closer 

December 27, 1989 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpts from "The Press Democrat" (Santa Rosa, California) December 27, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "South China Morning Post" (scmp.com) https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3040447/beijings-signal-hong-kong-learn-macau-and-it-starts-having

December 26, 1989 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "Shreveport Journal" (Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana) December 26, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to today's digital edition: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=b77e4641-8763-4009-96e5-c3549b38b082 Beijing targets rising Protestant ‘house churches’ At underground places of worship, China seeks to turn faith into a tool for indoctrination. WORSHIPERS attend Christmas Eve Mass at a church in the eastern Chinese city of Fuyang in 2017. ( AFP/Getty Images) By Alice Su CHENGDU, China — Li Chengju glared at her prison interrogator as he pressed her to renounce her Christian church and condemn her pastor. Her captor warned she would not be so lucky as the pastor, who was locked in secret detention but at least might get a day in court. “Look at you. You sweep the floors at church,” the interrogator said. “You thi

December 25, 1989 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" December 25, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "South China Morning Post" (scmp.com) Editorial |  Let’s press the pause button to reflect on season of goodwill After more than six months of civil unrest, the people of Hong Kong should remember that Christmas is a time to put aside differences while looking for solutions to bitter partisanship SCMP Editorial 23 Dec 2019 - 9:29PM

December 24, 1989 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" December 24, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "South China Morning Post" (scmp.com) China’s new wave of ‘mid-tier’ investors set sights on Singapore property Members of mainland China’s burgeoning middle class are increasingly looking to park their wealth outside the country, and as Hong Kong is roiled by anti-government protests, the Lion City has become a more attractive option. 4 hours ago

December 23, 1989 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from "The Clarksdale Press Register" (Clarksdale, Mississippi) December 23, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "South China Morning Post" (scmp.com) China and Japan should not see each other as a threat, says Xi Chinese president welcomed Japanese prime minister to Beijing as relations between the two sides continue to thaw after years of tension. 24 Dec 2019 - 12:42AM [of course not]

December 22, 1989 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpts from the "Telegraph-Forum" (Bucyrus, Ohio) December 22, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "South China Morning Post" (scmp.com) https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3042491/why-hong-kongs-pro-beijing-camp-may-have-get-used-losing

December 21, 1989 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "Standard Speaker" (Hazleton, PA) December 21, 2019 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "South China Morning Post" (scmp.com) Opinion | Beijing can’t treat Hong Kong and Macau like peas in a pod Jerome A. Cohen 21 Dec 2019 - 7:48PM