A Fearless Pop Superstar Navigates Hong Kong’s Violent Stand-Off
The Mother Jones Podcast
Mother Jones
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🗓️ 13 November 2019
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Hong Kong resembles a war zone. Twenty-four weeks after millions demonstrated against a Chinese extradition bill, violent clashes between protesters and police are worse than ever. For this episode of the Mother Jones Podcast, host Jamilah King talks with Denise Ho, one of the most prominent leaders of the pro-democracy movement. Ho is an award-winning singer and songwriter who has been putting out hit albums since the late 1990s. But now, since becoming a political activist, her music has been banned in mainland China. Listen for a detailed analysis of what it’s like in Hong Kong today, Ho's opinions about the NBA Twitter dust up, and thoughts on the role of celebrity in this moment of political crisis. (And stay for a special performance, right at the end.)
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Mother Jones Podcast. I'm Jamila King in New York. |
| 0:05.0 | On today's show, nothing short of a war zone, a dramatic escalation in the months long |
| 0:20.1 | Hong Kong protests. |
| 0:22.1 | A man shot by police at close range. Another doused |
| 0:26.9 | then set ablaze after criticizing protesters. All that was just a few days |
| 0:32.2 | ago. |
| 0:33.0 | Now, a city on the edge, with no end in sight |
| 0:36.8 | to this violent standoff. |
| 0:38.8 | Today, you'll hear from one of the key figures |
| 0:42.1 | in the Hong Kong Democracy Movement about the deteriorating |
| 0:45.8 | situation and what's next for Hong Kong. |
| 0:49.7 | How a pop diva became an icon of democracy. |
| 0:53.3 | Stick around. |
| 0:54.0 | In Hong Kong today, an anti-government protester was shot at point blank range. |
| 1:05.0 | The Hong Kong protests appear to be entering their most violent phase. |
| 1:10.0 | Another man was set on fire. |
| 1:12.0 | Both incidents come on the worst weekday violence in more than five months of demonstrations there. |
| 1:17.0 | Back in June, millions took to the streets to protest a Chinese extradition bill. |
| 1:23.0 | Five months later, the protests are a major geopolitical issue |
| 1:27.5 | involving Beijing and Washington. |
| 1:30.0 | The more the tear gas, the more the defiance. |
| 1:33.0 | Tens of thousands have defied a police ban to demonstrate |
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