
May
22, 2014: In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, police
officers stand guard near a blast site which has been cordoned off, in
downtown Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Region. (AP Photo/Cao Zhiheng)
MICHAEL DEGOLYER
Monday, May 19, 2014
HONG KONG — Since Hong Kong was handed over by the British to China in 1997, the territory’s seven million residents have been free to govern themselves with relatively little interference from Beijing.
Anti-China demonstrators shouted slogans during a rally in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Sunday.