https://www.scmp.com/rss/501282/feed Ngai Keung Chan is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Communication at Cornell University in the United States en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Were this month’s protests in Hong Kong against a controversial extradition bill that would have allowed suspects to be handed over to mainland China an attempt at a colour revolution? First, let us define what the term means. “Colour revolution” is widely used by the media to refer to a series of movements that typically use non-violent resistance in the face of authoritarianism. One of the first to be labelled as such was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution of 1974, but similar movements have... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3015619/hong-kong-extradition-law-protests-colour-revolution?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3015619/hong-kong-extradition-law-protests-colour-revolution?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Jun 2019 23:00:08 +0000