PREVIEW: Hong Kong w/ Matt Dagher-Margosian

I talked to Matt Dagher-Margosian from Asia Art Tours about the recent trend in radicalization of Hong Kong's general public against a corrupt undemocratic government. This was recorded a week ago and on the show there's mention of a planned general strike which did indeed happen on Monday, August 5th! You can find out more about Asia Art Tours at AsiaArtTours.com and you can listen to their podcast Arts of Travel on iTunes and Spotify.

Matt's recommendations for further reading:

Brian Hioe and New Bloom Magazine. For how Taiwan, other East Asian Nations sees, is inspired and interacts with the protests

@brianhioe

@newbloommag

Hong Kong Hermit: For an antifa perspective on the protests (yes there is antifa in Hong Kong!)

@HongKongHermit

Antony Daprain: For a great perspective on how the protests are being seen by Commonwealth Members as well as why police/government/protesters are taking certain tactics.

@antd

Elaine Yu: For a more Mark Fishery-analytical approach about what this all means in the grand scheme of things:

@yuenok

Isabella Steger (Good for breaking news/ analysis of how the protests are reflected to Beiing or HK government).

@stegersaurus

Mary Hui: (Good for micro-trends / cultures of protests). Wrote a great article about how cursing has become the protesters language against the dry but deadly technical language of Hong Kong's Neoliberal Government.

@maryhui

For Korea, Tim Shorrock. Just a solid if a bit dyed in the wool 60s style leftist who (due to being trillingual in English, Japanese and Korean) puts out some of the best and most careful journalism about the Korean Peace process:

@TimothyS

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