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ThailandMeet the Youthful Face of Resistance to Thailand's JuntaFirst, Hong Kong teenager Joshua Wong stood up to China. Now his friend Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, 20, has emerged as the face of resistance to Thailand's brutal junta. “I want to show people that they can actually do something, instead of just talking or thinking about it,” he tells TIME
Hong KongA City Apart: Hong Kong Marks 20 Years of Chinese RuleTwenty years ago at midnight on June 30, 1997, Hong Kong was handed back to China marking the end of British colonial rule. Today, Hong Kong is politically and economically an increasingly integrated part of China but mentally and emotionally it is a city apart
WorldHong Kong 20th Anniversary: Portraits from Settler SocietyHong Kong's historic minorities — from Jews and Eurasians to Parsis and locally born whites — help make the city radically different to any other in China. As the city nears the 20th anniversary of its handover to China, their members talk about what it means to belong
ChinaU.S. Says Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo Should Be Allowed Treatment Outside of ChinaThe newly arrived U.S. ambassador in Beijing says Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo should be allowed to get treatment outside China after he was diagnosed with cancer while imprisoned for subversion. Liu was given a medical parole and hospitalized after being diagnosed
ColombiaColombia Takes a Big Step Toward Peace as Rebels Lay Down Their GunsColombia reached a major milestone on its road to peace as leftist rebels relinquished some of their last weapons and declared an end to their half-century insurgency. In a short, symbol-filled ceremony, U.N. observers shut and padlocked the last containers storing arms
VenezuelaVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Says a Helicopter Opened Fire on the Supreme CourtPresident Nicolas Maduro said a helicopter fired on Venezuela's Supreme Court in a confusing incident that he claimed was part of a conspiracy to destabilize his government. The gunfire took place as Maduro was speaking live on state television
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