Taking On The Giant

The Young Face of Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Movement, Joshua Wong

Friday, January 30th, 2015 by Nathaniel Sher

Friday, January 30, 2015, by Nathaniel Sher Since the United Kingdom returned control of Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1997, the former colony has been experiencing a political-cultural identity crisis. Under the “one country, two systems” policy, the island’s government has grown more and more economically reliant on—and politically controlled […]

15 year-old girl takes on giant China government because she wants to go to school

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 by Charlie Butts

A small girl in China is taking on the giant Chinese government because she wants to go to school. Zhan Haite, 15, like most teens, lives where her parents live. So when her parents moved to Shanghai for work, she moved too. But currently in China, unless you are rich, you can’t go to high […]