投稿者: Verna Yu in Hong Kong
Beijing’s national security law has prompted the exit of people from all walks of life in fear they or their children are at riskJoe Kwong* loves Hong Kong. But he knows he has to leave.A university-educated construction worker in his 30s, he is just o…
They risked their lives in search of liberty in the British colony – now the system they were desperate to escape is at the doorThey came one by one, dragging themselves from the sea on to the shores of Hong Kong over oyster beds, their bodies bleeding…
Atmosphere in city has changed dramatically as newly imposed security laws loom largeEverything looked as though it was business as usual in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong’s bustling shopping district.Amid swathes of shoppers, flags emblazoned with images of …
Campaigners fear ‘disturbing’ legislation aimed at quashing protests will target themHong Kong activists have deleted social media profiles and closed down campaign groups after Beijing passed a new security law for the territory that many fear could l…
Sentencing of Yu Wensheng behind closed doors comes after secret trial in May 2019 A Chinese court has secretly convicted and handed down a four-year jail sentence to one of China’s most outspoken human rights lawyers, Yu Wensheng, on the charge of “in…
Hong Kong delegate to top Chinese legislative body says people who breach new law could be sent to mainland if Beijing ‘thinks it necessary’ China’s proposal to take charge of “serious” breaches of the new national security law in Hong Kong will sabot…
Protesters defy police ban as legislation prohibits mockery of Chinese anthemThousands of people have defied a police ban in Hong Kong to mourn the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre, after the city’s legislature passed a law criminalising the mo…
Web searches for emigration rose ten-fold after news came through about China’s approaching national security lawsAs China’s parliament approved controversial national security legislation for Hong Kong, many local residents were selling assets, dumpin…
Martin Lee’s father brought his family from China to the city for safe haven. Despite new security laws planned by Beijing, he won’t give up on his ambitionWhen Martin Lee arrived in Hong Kong from China with his parents in 1949, he was just 11. Lee’s …
Beijing’s push to impose legislation is seen as fresh rallying point for an anti-government movement that had lost focusHong Kongers entered fight or flight mode on Friday, reacting with shock and anger to the Chinese parliament’s push to impose nation…
Martin Lee, who was arrested on Saturday, says protests will turn fatal if authorities go ahead with expected national security pushMartin Lee, the 81-year-old founder of Hong Kong’s Democratic party, has said there will be more fatalities and protests…
Recent arrests and posturing signal a turbulent future amid calls from Beijing for national security legislation to be expedited“Thus we left Hong Kong to her fate and the hope that Martin Lee, the leader of the Democrats, would not be arrested,” wrote…
Wang Quanzhang’s wife fears Covid-19 may be used as pretext to keep him under house arrestCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA prominent Chinese human rights lawyer barred from returning home after his prison release two weeks …
China office says that city’s right to self-rule is ‘authorised by the central government’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHong Kong police have arrested 15 high-profile democracy activists on charges of illegal assembly.The …
Wang Quanzhang released from jail but sent far from his wife and son in BeijingProminent Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, who was jailed for four and a half years for subversion, has been released from prison but barred from reuniting with h…