About: CUHK democracy wall standoff

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In September 2017, tensions arose between different parties over the content of posters put up on Democracy wall in the Chinese University of Hong Kong.This has led to increased tensions in Hong Kong society, due to the interpretations of freedom of speech of certain content of the posters. This has also led to copycats incidents occurring in other universities in Hong Kong as well reigniting Hong Kong Independence debate within Hong Kong Kong society. The standoff, which has manifested in a series of protests and counterprotests on campuses, is reflective of the wider disconnect between mainlanders and Hongkongers, fanned by a host of reasons from politics and language barriers to state-fuelled propaganda and competition for scarce resources.

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  • In September 2017, tensions arose between different parties over the content of posters put up on Democracy wall in the Chinese University of Hong Kong.This has led to increased tensions in Hong Kong society, due to the interpretations of freedom of speech of certain content of the posters. This has also led to copycats incidents occurring in other universities in Hong Kong as well reigniting Hong Kong Independence debate within Hong Kong Kong society. The standoff, which has manifested in a series of protests and counterprotests on campuses, is reflective of the wider disconnect between mainlanders and Hongkongers, fanned by a host of reasons from politics and language barriers to state-fuelled propaganda and competition for scarce resources. (en)
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  • September 2017 (en)
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  • protests, putting up posters/banners, death threats, vandalism (en)
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  • * Hong Kong Independence supporters/students (en)
  • Defenders of Freedom of Speech * Student Unions in Hong Kong Universities * Hong Kong students * Pro-democracy camp Supported by: * Localist Camp (en)
  • Anti-Hong Kong Independence forces * Mainland students * Hong Kong government * Management in Hong Kong Universities * Pro-Beijing camp Supported by: * Chinese government * Communist Youth League of China * Mainland Media (en)
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  • CUHK democracy standoff (en)
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  • In September 2017, tensions arose between different parties over the content of posters put up on Democracy wall in the Chinese University of Hong Kong.This has led to increased tensions in Hong Kong society, due to the interpretations of freedom of speech of certain content of the posters. This has also led to copycats incidents occurring in other universities in Hong Kong as well reigniting Hong Kong Independence debate within Hong Kong Kong society. The standoff, which has manifested in a series of protests and counterprotests on campuses, is reflective of the wider disconnect between mainlanders and Hongkongers, fanned by a host of reasons from politics and language barriers to state-fuelled propaganda and competition for scarce resources. (en)
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  • CUHK democracy wall standoff (en)
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