カテゴリー: Hong Kong
Dissidents face an uncertain future in Taiwan and South Korea after fleeing When Li Cheng En pushed his standup paddleboard off the Xiamen beach on China’s Fujian coastline, a mother and son stood nearby, watching him. It was dark, and he moved quickly…
Sebastien Lai hasn’t spoken to his father in three years, but says he supports the stance the veteran pro-democracy activist has takenSebastien Lai is sitting in a downtown coffee shop, on a blustery day in Taipei. The 28-year-old was only recently mar…
Media mogul and pro-democracy activist accused of conspiring to collude with foreign forces and faces life in prisonThe media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has gone on trial at a heavily guarded Hong Kong court on national security charges…
Foreign secretary’s plea made as publisher faces trial under national security law imposed by ChinaThe UK foreign secretary, David Cameron, has called for the release of the British citizen Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy newspaper publisher facing a “pol…
Territory’s global reputation on the line as media mogul and democracy activist finally tried over alleged national security crimesHong Kong’s global reputation will be tested this week when the long-delayed trial of the pro-democracy activist and form…
US and UK criticise move while one of the five decries ‘transnational repression harassment tactics’Hong Kong police have offered million-dollar bounties for information leading to the arrest of five overseas-based activists, as part of a crackdown on …
Voters shun district election after pro-democracy candidates were prevented from runningA “patriots only” district election in Hong Kong that barred opposition democrats from the ballot sheet amid a national security crackdown had a record low voter tu…
Newspaper tycoon’s son seeks meeting with foreign secretary as Briton, 76, faces trial and possible life sentenceForeign secretary David Cameron is being urged to demand the release of newspaper tycoon Jimmy Lai as the British national prepares for a h…
Despite a big push by authorities to get out the vote in Sunday’s district council elections, many people see little point in choosing from a list of heavily vetted candidatesYears into a crackdown on opposition and dissent in Hong Kong, observers, exp…
After announcing that she would not return to Hong Kong from Canada, the pro-democracy activist says she fears China’s global reachIn August this year Agnes Chow crossed into mainland China filled with fear. The young activist was in the company of fiv…
Chow was one of nine people arrested in 2020 under the new national security law and says her mental health has sufferedAgnes Chow, a high-profile Hong Kong activist who was jailed over the 2019 pro-democracy protests and charged with foreign collusion…
Minnie Chan has reportedly been out of contact since travelling to Xiangshan Forum a month agoFriends and colleagues of a Hong Kong journalist have raised concerns after she failed to return from a defence and security forum in Beijing a month ago.Minn…
Judge says verdict is ‘tentatively’ three or four months away after 10 months of hearingsThe long-running national security trial of a group of pro-democracy figures known as the Hong Kong 47 began hearing closing arguments on Wednesday, more than 1,00…
New curriculum from 2025 part of push to create sense of national identity among schoolchildrenHong Kong is to introduce “patriotic” education in all primary schools by 2025, in the government’s latest push to “systematically cultivate” a sense of nati…
Despite historical high demand for homes due to the territory’s size, the economic downturn has resulted in a glut of unsold flatsHong Kong’s once-lucrative land market looks to be in trouble after a series of unsuccessful tenders for government plots …