Hong Kong Archives - Anticentric

COVID in Shanghai: Ordinary people under lockdown – Part 2

August 11, 2022 Zhang Mengying

COVID lockdowns have had practical impacts on people in China for years now and even the biggest cities have not been immune to quarantines.

Hong Kong exodus grows on COVID-19 policies – Part 1

May 30, 2022 Anticentric

Hong Kong exodus grows on COVID-19 policies that are unpredictable and push people as much as rising cases. Leaving Hong Kong is not easy due to flight bans, testing and cancelled routes. Avoiding positive tests emerges as biggest challenge before joining the exodus. An exodus out of Hong Kong has grown. Spooked

Oppressed LGBTQIA+ communities find even ‘friendly’ places in Asia are scary – Part 2

September 25, 2021 Angie Ling

Oppressed LGBTQIA+ communities in Asia have little respite with even ‘friendly’ places like Thailand, Hong Kong and Japan offering few protections.

Social Unrest

Death toll in Myanmar continues to rise, bloodiest day yet

April 2, 2021 Alfred Romann

The death toll in Myanmar continues to rise. Hong Kong activists convicted. Protests against anti-Asian racism in Canada. Belarus protests.

Social unrest in Myanmar continues, 7-year-old killed in violence

March 26, 2021 Alfred Romann

Social unrest in Myanmar continues. A 7-year-old girl was killed. Activist charged in Hong Kong. Pots and pans in Brazil. Miami Beach crowds.

More killings in Myanmar as military junta steps up violence

March 19, 2021 Sergio Held

More killings in Myanmar this week as violence intensified. Protesters continue to fight a repressive military government used slingshots and Molotov cocktails against the gas and bullets wielded by the authorities.

Protests and killings continue in Myanmar as military hires lobbyist

March 12, 2021 Sergio Held

Protests and killings continue in Myanmar, Hong Kong activists denied bail, Women’s Day violence in Colombia, peaceful protests in Thailand.

Bloody week in Myanmar, Hong Kong crackdowns

March 4, 2021 Alfred Romann

In a bloody week in Myanmar, demonstrators continue to take to the streets but are facing an increasingly violent response from security forces. Hong Kong protesters return, ever so briefly.

Protests and social unrest simmer around the world

October 20, 2020 Anticentric

The world is buttoned down and focused on fighting a pandemic but tensions are building in many places around the world. Protests and social unrest are simmering.

Tamagotchi economy and virtual pet collectors

Hidden economies: The secret world of virtual pet collectors

August 27, 2020 David Ho

Entire economies have emerged around collectibles like the iconic Tamagotchi, an electronic pet that first emerged in the 1990s and now been rebranded and reborn. At first, the electronic pet lived its life in a small pixelated screen but newer models have color screens and new apps aimed at younger aficionados.