Pour la période indochinoise, l’historien François Drémeaux révèle un fait intrigant : Hong Kong fut le premier port de l’Indochine française. Ce choix a été influencé par plusieurs facteurs, l’un des principaux attraits étant les taxes avantageuses et le système de port franc de la ville.
L’administration vietnamienne de la dynastie des Nguyen a également reconnu cet avantage. En 1865, ils envoyèrent le Dr Dang Huy Tru en mission chinoise pour explorer le développement actuel de Hong Kong.
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ENTRE LA GROTTE ET LE SOLEIL
par Steve Bisson
«La vraie rébellion est celle qui remet en question l’ordre préconstitué, non pas qu’elle le néglige au profit d’une immaturité définitivement anarchique ou hédoniste.»
Dans la récente série « Hong Kong 2047 » de Quang Lam, le photographe alterne des portraits verticaux de gratte-ciel grotesques, représentés presque comme s’il s’agissait de totems, avec des images en gros plan de systèmes de contrôle et de surveillance à distance.
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Speaking about “Extinction” is not only about physical matters but also on what is defining us as social humanity within an economical and legal system. Hong Kong is a unique because of its location as a door for both capitalism and communism world. With its history and its economic power, it was and is in the avant-garde and a laboratory of what will happen in the near future.
2047 is the expiration date of the Basic Law which currently is giving the status of special administrative region (SAR) of China for 50 years.
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A series of sit-in street protests, often called the Umbrella Revolution and sometimes used interchangeably with Umbrella Movement, or Occupy Movement, occurred in Hong Kong from 26 September to 15 December 2014.
The protests began after a decision regarding restrictive reforms to the electoral system. Key areas in Admiralty, Causeway Bay and Mong Kok were occupied and remained closed to traffic for 77 days.
This series of photos has been taken in Admiralty district where the headquarters of the government,
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The Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement, also known as the 2019 Hong Kong protests are a series of demonstrations since 15 March 2019 in response to the introduction by the Hong Kong government of the Fugitive Offenders amendment bill on extradition. Large-scale demonstrations took place gradually to a peak of 2 million people participating. Clashes between protesters and the police became the norms.
At the 12th week of protestation The Hong Kong protest movement reached a peak during the march in the Kwun Tong district in Kowloon.
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Neons of luxury are glowing on the deserted avenue. The glass facades reflect the logos that spread their mystical light in the night, a continual desire generated by billions invested of advertising. From Paris to Saigon via Hong Kong, it flows throughout the journey with the same stage direction.
