We’re still living with the effectsThe popular protests that erupted in 2019 and have continued to rumble – from France and Spain in Europe to Hong Kong and India in Asia; from Chile, Colombia and Bolivia in Latin America to Lebanon, Iran and Iraq in the Middle East – have perplexed analysts ... The demonstrations that erupted there in October were triggered by the government’s plan to tax calls made through WhatsApp and other internet services, but they quickly mushroomed into a broader protest against high unemployment, sectarian rule, corruption, and the government’s failure to provide basic services like electricity and sanitation

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam told global elites in Davos on Thursday she is "cautiously confident" the city will get through the flu-like virus that threatens to inflict more pain on the protest-hit city

HONG KONG—Prior to his second-ever district-council meeting last week, Napo Wong, elected just a couple of months ago, chatted with constituents who voiced concern for protesters arrested during recent demonstrations here ... Wong’s theatrics were a reference to Cantonese slang for framing someone, but even without the linguistic explanation, his actions made clear his displeasure with the way officers have been treating protesters

Thousands-strong Hong Kong protest cut short by clashes The Associated Press

Moody’s downgraded Hong Kong’s credit rating, blaming the government’s failure to deal with seven months of social unrest that has driven the economy into recession

The shops and markets are in defiance of the the Hong Kong government"s decision to ban the sale of political and satirical items from its official holiday bazaars

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen urged young voters on Friday to turn out and show protest-wracked Hong Kong the meaning of democracy on the eve of elections held in the shadow of anti-government protests in the Chinese-run city across the sea

Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan’s president and presidential candidate from the ruling Democratic Progressive party DPP, waving to supporters at a campaign rally this week ... Photograph: Chan Long Hei/Echoes Wire/Barcroft MediaWhatever happens when Taiwan’s voters go to the polls on Saturday, its president, Tsai Ing-wen, has made a truly remarkable comeback

The threat of arrest and violence by security forces hasn’t kept hundreds of thousands of Indian protesters from taking part in nationwide demonstrations against the country’s new citizenship law ... The tension has come to epitomize global protest movements: Around the world, repressive and democratic governments alike rely on draconian measures to suppress anti-government demonstrations

Wang Zhimin, the most senior mainland political official in the protest-riven territory, was replaced Saturday