カテゴリー: Hong Kong
Hong Kong resident John Shing Wan Leung was chair of Texas branch of Chinese ‘reunification’ association A Chinese court has sentenced a 78-year-old US citizen to life in prison on espionage charges.John Shing Wan Leung, a Hong Kong permanent resident,…
Wong Kei-kwan, known as Zunzi, says it was a ‘mutual decision’ after the Ming Pao newspaper ended his columnA decades-old political cartoon column has been scrapped by a respected Hong Kong newspaper after it faced a barrage of criticism from officials…
Amended legislation gives chief executive power to veto any foreign lawyer working on cases brought under national security lawHong Kong has passed a law that allows authorities to ban foreign lawyers from working on national security cases, completing…
Sebastien Lai, son of Jimmy, also criticises Vatican over failure to hold China to account over human rights abusesThe British son of the jailed Hong Kong media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai has criticised Britain and the Vatican for failing to speak out stro…
Parents and teachers say the national security law, including the intensification of ‘patriotic education’, have prompted them to leave the city they loveIn a few weeks’ time, eight-year-old Peter* will say goodbye to his school friends as he moves to …
Contrary to a Guardian article, the island is more of a day trip destination for Hongkongers than a forbidding outpost, writes John WeaverJungle-filled island? Seriously? I thought I was reading about a different island from the one I’d lived on for ei…
Consul general calls for ‘constructive engagement’ with territory as China’s Han Zheng confirms he will attend king’s coronationBritain’s most senior diplomat to Hong Kong has called for an end to “megaphone diplomacy” between the UK and the Chinese te…
Michael Chong accused Trudeau’s government of turning blind eye while Chinese diplomat gathered information in CanadaA Canadian lawmaker has accused government officials of turning a blind eye to Chinese harassment of his family as pressure mounts on J…
Five schools preparing to close, according to local report, with others made to merge amid falling school enrolment numbersHong Kong schools are being forced to merge or prepare for closure as a decade-long decline in the birthrate and a recent exodus …
Reported detention of Li Yanhe has echoes of 2015 disappearances of five Hong Kong booksellersConcerns are mounting for a Taiwan-based book publisher believed to have been detained in China, in a case that has echoed the disappearances in 2015 of five …
Several dozen demonstrators were required to wear numbered lanyards, as police monitored their march against a proposed land reclamation Hong Kong police have permitted a small protest march under tight restrictions, in one of the first demonstrations …
Apple Daily founder and British national, 75, in jail since 2020 facing charges under national security lawA close confidant of the jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has called on Britain to do more to secure the 75-year-old’s release.Lai, a prom…
Patrick Amadon, whose work flashed up names from pro-democracy protests, says it had to be taken down ‘to be a completed piece’A Hong Kong department store took down a digital artwork that contained hidden references to jailed free-speech defenders, in…
Distributor gives no reason for cancellation, but Chinese censors have targeted Pooh before due to Xi Jinping comparisonsThe screening of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, a British slasher film due to be released in Hong Kong this week, has been cance…
Solicitor, 71, had been charged under national security law and was released to be treated for lung cancerHong Kong police have arrested a veteran pro-democracy politician who was out on bail for medical treatment after spending more than a year in det…