IT IS a most unusual sight on Chinese soil, and most unsettling for leaders in Beijing.[Read More …] Plant Earth Water
A tough test for China’s leaders
Tensions rise
Since late September demonstrators in Hong Kong have staged continuous street protests to press their demands for full democracy and the removal of the territory’s chief executive, Leung Chun-ying. On October 3rd tensions rose as residents opposed to the civil-disobedience campaign confronted the demonstrators.[Read More …] Plant Earth Water
Ebbing, but maybe not ending
THE number of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong has shrunk from tens of thousands at the demonstrations’ peak to a few hundred scattered across three districts of the city, as people return to work and classes.[Read More …] Plant Earth Water
Won’t get fooled again
THE number of demonstrators rallying to Occupy Central has dwindled in recent days, but the cancellation of proposed talks with the government means that the crisis is far from over[Read More …] Plant Earth Water
Pop stars join the fray
AT CHINA’S ‘coming-out party’, the Beijing Olympics in 2008, the popular theme tune was a song called “Beijing Welcomes You”, with words by a renowned Hong Kong lyricist, Albert Leung. Mr Leung’s latest work, however, is unlikely to be music to the ears of the leadership in Beijing.[Read More …] Plant Earth Water
More argy-bargy
MASKED men attacked pro-democracy protesters for the second time in as many weeks on the morning of October 13th in Hong Kong’s Admiralty business district. The scuffles prompted bankers walking to work on blockaded thoroughfares to shout out in defence of the young demonstrators.[Read More …] Plant Earth Water
A night on the town
AS THE sun set over Hong Kong’s Central district on October 11th they arrived in their thousands: groups of young people toting guitars and sleeping bags, parents pushing babies in buggies, people in wheelchairs and on crutches, high school pupils loaded with bags of homework.[Read More …] Plant Earth Water
University of California Cooperative Extension Celebrates 100 Years
UC Cooperative Extension Celebrates 100 Years Submitted by Sheila Peterson The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources celebrated 100 years of its cooperative extension programs at the UCCE South Coast Research and Extension Center in Irvine on Saturday evening, September 27, 2014. Over 300 guests enjoyed “An Elegant Evening on the Farm, Local Roots, Global Reach” including a farm […]
Xi makes the rules
ONE of the great enduring questions with which the Chinese Communist Party grapples, and that President Xi Jinping has made central to his leadership, is how to use the law to help the party rule the country.[Read More …] Plant Earth Water
CANCELLED – UC ANR South Coast REC Persimmon Tasting
Regrettably, I am writing to inform you that we will be cancelling the persimmon tasting this year. Due to the drought and unseasonably warm weather through-out the year, our harvest is much lower than anticipated. If I may , I would like to suggest an alternative persimmon event that may be of interest should anyone ask. Pitcher Park, 204 S. […]