• Xinjiang violence: 15 reported killed in attack

Xinjiang violence: 15 reported killed in attack

China is enforcing a security crackdown in Xinjiang and Uighur activists say that in doing so its is fuelling the violence

• Hong Kong student leaders arrested as police clear protest site BY FARAH MASTER AND JAMES POMFRET

Hong Kong student leaders arrested as police clear protest site
BY FARAH MASTER AND JAMES POMFRET

Policemen clear a protest site on the main Nathan Road, which was occupied by pro-democracy protesters for weeks, at Mongkok district in Hong Kong November 26, 2014.

• Is 2014 the Start of an Asian Spring?

Is 2014 the Start of an Asian Spring?

2014 has been an historic year for protests in Asia, where until now political freedom has lagged economic growth.By Nithin Coca

In Hong Kong, it’s a yellow umbrella.
In Taiwan, the similarly bright sunflower. 

• HONG KONG: 'Don't Call Me Chinese, Please'

The New Shame: 

'Don't Call Me Chinese, Please'
Record low number of Hong Kongers call themselves 'Chinese'
AFP

Is China a curse?

• Who are the Umbrella Movement protesters remaining on the streets of Hong Kong? BY ELLIE NG

Indefinite Resurrection
Who are the Umbrella Movement protesters 

remaining on the streets of Hong Kong?
BY ELLIE NG

"I'm ready to stay for as long as the protests last," said the 20-year-old pro-democracy protester Dicky Chu, expressing a commitment common among the hundreds of resolute protesters who are driving Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement well into its second month.

• Why We Should Abandon 'Socialism With Chinese Characteristics' By Bao Tong

  Why We Should Abandon 'Socialism 

With Chinese Characteristics' 

By Bao Tong

Chinese paramilitary police officers pick up protest leaflets near an entrance to Tiananmen Square, on the day the Chinese Communist Party opened a major plenum meeting in Beijing at which reforming the rule of law was discussed, Oct. 20, 2014.

• DDoS Attacks Against Hong Kong Movement Linked to Chinese Government - Eduard Kovacs

DDoS Attacks Against Hong Kong Movement 

Linked to Chinese Government

"The Chinese government is utilizing their deep hacking expertise garnered to shut down any online systems hosting information pertaining to and supporting the Pro-Democracy Movement in Hong Kong. All the while, they continue to shut down Social Media via the Great FireWall of China and thereby limit access to information on the Internet." -- FireEye
By Eduard Kovacs

• Hong Kong protesters: Images of determination By Associated Press

Hong Kong protesters: Images of determination 

By Associated Press

HONG KONG — On the evening of Sept. 28, Hong Kong police struggling to hold back thousands of democracy protesters unleashed dozens of rounds of tear gas in a failed attempt to disperse them. When the smoke cleared, Hong Kong had changed.
Many young people who previously were indifferent to politics say they experienced an awakening.