A demonstrator holding a Chilean flag walks towards an armoured police vehicle during an anti-government march in Santiago on October 22. Photo: AP
For a Chilean student in Hong Kong, protests and uncertainty hit home
- Expatriates in Hong Kong from countries rocked by unrest, like Chile, find their worry and attention split
- The protests in both Hong Kong and Chile are the result of frustrations that run deeper than the immediate trigger of the unrest
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Hong Kong protests
A demonstrator holding a Chilean flag walks towards an armoured police vehicle during an anti-government march in Santiago on October 22. Photo: AP
Xi and Trump were expected to meet immediately after the Apec summit to sign a “phase one” trade deal. Photo: AFP
Chile’s Apec gathering cancelled, throwing Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s planned trade war agreement signing into question
- Trump announced earlier this month that he and Xi would sign ‘phase one’ of a trade war accord at Apec in November
- But unrest in Chile has led to the cancellation of the meeting as well as December’s COP25 UN climate change conference
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US-China relations
Xi and Trump were expected to meet immediately after the Apec summit to sign a “phase one” trade deal. Photo: AFP