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City On Fire (Dapiran Book)
''City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong'' is a nonfiction book by Antony Dapiran. It discusses the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, which the author described as "a battle for Hong Kong's very soul". Background Dapiran, from Australia, lived in Hong Kong for an extended length of time and provided consulting to Chinese companies over a 20-year period. Dapiran was present at several of the 2019 protests. Contents The first chapter discusses tear gas. The book also discusses the evolution of protest in Hong Kong; the catalyst for the protests, the murder of Poon Hiu-wing; the 2019 Hong Kong local elections; and the siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The book includes a prediction that the Chinese government would increase its direct control on Hong Kong, something Dapiran describes as "a slow and steady squeeze". The book also describes how Hong Kongers perceive an erosion of their own sense of self, and how there was, on the British side during the Handover of Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antony Dapiran
Antony Dapiran is a prominent Australian lawyer and writer, who has become widely known for his books, newspaper writings and commentary in Western media on protest movements in Hong Kong. Early life Dapiran received a double degree (BA/LLB) in Chinese and Law from the University of Melbourne in 1998. As an undergraduate student, he also spent time at Peking University, where he acquired certificates in economic law and Chinese. Legal career After graduating from the University of Melbourne, Dapiran moved to Hong Kong in 1999 and joined the law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he eventually made partner and was put in charge of the firm's Beijing office. In 2010, he joined the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell and established its Hong Kong office. In 2017, Dapiran joined Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom's Hong Kong office as Of Counsel, but left the firm in 2019 to focus on his writing on the 2019-2020 Hong Kong Protests. During his legal career, Dapiran has sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siege Of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University occurred during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests on the campus of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). The event was preceded by a similar conflict at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. It was precipitated by the setting-up of a roadblock at the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, next to the university. Protesters gathered at the university to defend the roadblock from attacks by the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF). The police shot tear gas and used water cannons to shower the protesters with water containing blue colouring and chemical irritants. The protesters responded by throwing bricks and petrol bombs. Thereafter, the police blocked different campus exits and forbade protesters from leaving. Police tried to drive an armoured vehicle into campus but the vehicle was hit by petrol bombs, forcing it to reverse. The police arrested people who claimed to be first-aid personnel, medical volunteers and reporters. On 18 November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Books About Hong Kong
A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this physical arrangement is ''codex'' (plural, ''codices''). In the history of hand-held physical supports for extended written compositions or records, the codex replaces its predecessor, the scroll. A single sheet in a codex is a leaf and each side of a leaf is a page. As an intellectual object, a book is prototypically a composition of such great length that it takes a considerable investment of time to compose and still considered as an investment of time to read. In a restricted sense, a book is a self-sufficient section or part of a longer composition, a usage reflecting that, in antiquity, long works had to be written on several scrolls and each scroll had to be identified by the book it contained. Each part of Aristotle's '' Physics'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
