No water to open fire on citizens a terrorist act against the police did take place and illegitimate seizure of power occurred the government offices were taken over. And welcomed this is r. T. International. After night by clashes a major anti beijing rally is underway in hong kong this new years day and there have already been signs of more Unrest Police firing tear gas petrol bomb hurling demonstrators. I particular aspect of the rest of violence brutality when perpetrated by the hong kong protesters is gone largely without comment from the west. Taylor asks why. Hong kong has gone from being the economic pall of the orient to the face of the fight for democracy and boy does that fight. An amendment to a preexisting law that would allow the extradition of criminal suspects from hong kong to Mainland China has brought the financial haven to its knees as a protest accent into the 7th month violence on both sides has escalated but all the wild over politicians and john continue to hail
Lawfully there was no way to open fire citizens a terrorist act against the police did take place and illegitimate seizure of power occurred the government offices were taken over. Naming a welcome this is r. T. International. After a night that was marred by clashes major anti beijing rally is underway in hong kong and there have already been signs of more unrest riot police have fired tear gas petrol bomb hurling demonstrators. I. I i i particular aspect of the unrest violence and brutality when perpetrated by the hong kong protesters has gone largely without comment from the west. Taylor asks why. Hong kong has gone from being the economic pole of the orient to the face of the fight for democracy and boy does that fight fire. An amendment to a preexisting north that would allow the extradition of criminal suspects from hong kong to Mainland China has brought the financial haven to its knees as the protest accent into the 7th month violence on both sides has escalated but all the wil
The police. There was no. Illegitimate seizure of. The government. Broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is R T International and certainly glad to have you with us. Right after a night marred by clashes a major anti beijing rally is underway in hong kong and there have already been signs of more unrest with riot Police Firing tear gas at petrol bomb hurling demonstrators. A particularly aspect of the unrest violence and brutality when perpetrated by the hong kong protesters has gone largely without comment from the west are too soft to tailor comments. Hong kong has gone from being the economic power of the orient to the face of the fight for democracy and boy does that fight fire. An amendment to a preexisting law that would allow the extradition of criminal suspects from hong kong to Mainland China has brought the financial haven to its knees as a protest accent into the 7th month violence on both sides has escalated but all the wild over politicians and john continue to
Lawfully there was no longer to open fire on citizens a terrorist act against the police did take place illegitimate seizure of power occurred the government offices were taken over. Good evening thanks for joining us this is r. T. International. After a night by clashes a major beijing rally is underway in hong kong and already been signs of more unrest with riot police there firing tear gas petrol bomb hurling demonstrators. It. Was. A particular aspect of the best of violence and brutality one perpetrated by the hong kong protesters has gone largely without comment from the west he says taylor asks why. Hong kong has gone from being the economic pole of the orient to the face of the fight for democracy and boy does that fight fire. An amendment to a preexisting law that would allow the extradition of criminal suspects from hong kong to Mainland China has brought the financial haven to its knees as a protest accent into the 7th month violence on both sides has escalated but all the w
Presidency, and expressed in written word. The other culture in this room is pat oliphant. [applause] please greet pat oliphant. Even more so by the work of pat, which you will see displayed on this screen. Is notture he represents sort of broad gauge and long but highly specific. The course ofer more than 60 years as a cartoonist producing more than 10,000 individual cartoons five days a week for the denver post for several years, for the washington star for several ears, and then pot out fan he became the first 20thcentury cartoonist to work independently. It was syndicated through newspapers across the country out of his studio. Comment onic, daily events as they were occurring. Far from being balanced, they were opinionated. Virtue. Part of their obviously, not so much in words, but especially in pictures. Not just confined to cartoons, but also to paintings and sculpture. ,efore i introduce our panel let me speak some words of thanks on behalf of those who were instrumental in hel