Christopher Bodeen, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Protesters gather near a flights information board during a protest at the Hong Kong International Airport, Monday, Aug. 12, 2019. One of the world's busiest airports canceled all flights after thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters crowded into the main terminal Monday afternoon. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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Hong Kong airport shuts down amid pro-democracy protest

by Yanan Wang Associated Press, and Christopher Bodeen Associated PressAugust 12, 2019

HONG KONG — One of the world’s busiest airports canceled all flights after thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators crowded into Hong Kong’s main terminal Monday, while the central government in Beijing issued an ominous characterization of the…

Tens of thousands of protesters carrying posters and banners march through the streets as they continue to protest an extradition bill, Sunday, in Hong Kong.

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Massive protests draw apology from leadership

by Christopher Bodeen Associated Press, and Elaine Kurtenbach Associated PressJune 17, 2019

Protestors gather near the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. Hundreds of protesters surrounded government headquarters in Hong Kong on Wednesday as the administration prepared to open debate on a highly controversial extradition law that would allow accused people to be sent to China for trial. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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Hong Kong protesters dig in on extradition law

by Christopher Bodeen Associated PressJune 13, 2019

Protesters hold umbrellas and placards march on a street as they take part in a rally against the extradition law in Hong Kong Sunday, June 9, 2019. The extradition law has aroused concerns that this legislation would undermine the city's independent judicial system as it allows Hong Kong to hand over fugitives to the jurisdictions that the city doesn't currently have an extradition agreement with, including mainland China, where a fair trial might not be guaranteed. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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Massive extradition bill protest fills Hong Kong streets

by Christopher Bodeen Associated PressJune 10, 2019

FILE - In this June 10, 1989 file photo, People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops stand guard with tanks in front of Tiananmen Square after crushing the students pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing. Thirty years since the Tiananmen Square protests, China's economy has catapulted up the world rankings, yet political repression is harsher than ever. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami, File)

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Prosperity, repression mark China 30 years after Tiananmen

by Christopher Bodeen Associated PressJune 3, 2019

In this image taken from a video footage run by China's CCTV, Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg attends his retrial at the Dalian Intermediate People's Court in Dalian, northeastern China's Liaoning province on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. A Chinese court sentenced the Canadian man to death Monday in a sudden retrial in a drug smuggling case that is likely to escalate tensions between the countries over the arrest of a top Chinese technology executive. (CCTV via AP)

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China-Canada tensions rise with death sentence

by Rob Gillies Associated Press, and Christopher Bodeen Associated PressJanuary 14, 2019

A sedan which is believed to carry North Korean leader Kim Jong Un leaves a train station with a convoy in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is making a four-day trip to China, the North's state media reported Tuesday, in what's likely an effort by Kim to coordinate with his only major ally ahead of a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump that could happen early this year. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Kim Jong Un travels to China

by Christopher Bodeen Associated PressJanuary 9, 2019

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo listens a question from a reporter during a joint press conference with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, June 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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Pompeo pledges no sanctions relief before North Korea denuclearizes

by Josh Lederman Associated Press, and Christopher Bodeen Associated PressJune 14, 2018

In this image made from video, Kim Yong Chol, center top, a senior North Korean official, walks across the tarmac at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport upon his arrival Wednesday, May 30, 2018. Kim is in New York for talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo aimed at salvaging a summit between Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump, in the North's highest-level mission to the United States in 18 years. (AP Photo/Joe Frederick)

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NKorean official lands in US for talks with Pompeo

by Josh Lederman Associated Press, Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Christopher Bodeen Associated PressMay 30, 2018

FILE- In this Dec. 5, 2017, file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., waits to speak during a meeting of the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. U.S. Sen. Warren says chaos in the Trump administration is harming its ability to formulate coherent policy toward North Korea’s nuclear program and other important issues in Asia. Vacancies in the foreign service are undermining Washington’s ability to advance U.S interests, Warren told reporters in Beijing on Saturday,...

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Sen. Warren says administration ‘chaos’ harming Asia policy

by Christopher Bodeen Associated PressApril 1, 2018