Hong Kong: Tear Gas Used

      

Protests Continue Against Beijing

Tear gas has been employed against protesters in Hong Kong as protests against government actions continue.  Beijing is worried that unless protests end now, they may continue and spread to the mainland.  Heaven forbid.  This comes at a time when Beijing is expanding its influence in SE Asia.
      Recent revelations by Washington, DC, indicate that a secret agreement has been signed by China with Cambodia to use port facilities in that country to complement a nearby airport that has been under construction by China for the last 2 years.  Add to this list are the island construction projects in the South China Sea.  Political pressures at home caused by a pushback from Trump's White House has given the government of Premier Xi pause.  Can the US finally be recognizing the spread of China's "new" Communism?   Things are different now in China that they were just 25 years ago.  All the signs are there indicating a new prosperity, unlike anything seen before.
     High rises dot the landscape in just about every major city.   Even Llasa, Tibet is experiencing a building boom as the central government pushes for Chinese citizens to move to Tibet, to avoid unrest by locals who recall the takeover in 1959 by the Chinese army(PLA).