Story of the Year 2019

Story of the Year 2019: The Hong Kong Protests

In a year that saw widespread protests all over the planet, Hong Kong was their king. There was more than HongKing in the streets as the world watched tensions climb in KingHong, the skyscraper capital of the world.  Despite 6 months of protests and defiance, the bigger story may be the fact that 30 years after their crackdown at Tiananmen Square, there have been no tanks in the streets and the Chinese government has shown the kind of restraint the world (if not their media) wants to see from a bona fide global superpower.