カテゴリー: Hong Kong
How much do you understand about the impact and ramifications of the new law imposed by Beijing?Who runs Hong Kong: party faithful shipped in to carry out Beijing’s will‘Back where we were’: history repeats for freedom swimmersSince it was first enacte…
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…
Hardliners and allies of the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, are remaking the semi-autonomous territoryA senior communist party operative whose only previous experience in Hong Kong is a business trip two years ago; a former Guangdong mayor who oversaw …
Wong released on bail after arrest over 2019 protest and for allegedly violating anti-mask lawHong Kong authorities have arrested Joshua Wong over a 2019 protest and for allegedly violating an anti-mask law which courts have since found partially uncon…
Experts say new policy enables government to decide who is a journalist and curbs power of student and online journalismHong Kong authorities have moved to further constrain the city’s free press with an announcement by police that they would no longer…
James Spigelman resigned from Hong Kong appeal court citing concerns with new law imposed by ChinaAustralian judge James Spigelman has resigned from Hong Kong’s highest court, reportedly citing concerns over the national security law imposed on the reg…
Colonial-era penal code used as Tam Tak-chi’s alleged offences took place before new national security law was imposedAn activist who was the first person to be charged with sedition in Hong Kong since 1997 has been denied bail before his trial for “ut…
Revival prompts calls to divert boats to help protect native Indo-Pacific humpbacksCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLarge numbers of dolphins returned to Hong Kong waters within weeks of the Covid-19 crisis shutting down high…
Beijing confirms for first time they are likely to face criminal charges, as foreign ministry accuses them of separatism Chinese authorities have confirmed the criminal detention of 12 Hongkongers accused of attempting to travel illegally to Taiwan by…
Move follows mass buying of shares in show of support for firm’s owner, Jimmy Lai, when he was arrested last monthHong Kong police have arrested 15 people in relation to the mass buying of Next Digital shares last month as a show of support for the com…
Child’s mother says her daughter was buying art supplies when she was tackled and pinned to the ground by police Hong Kong police have been strongly criticised over the rough arrest of a 12-year-old girl whose family says was caught in a protest crowd …
Police fire pepper pellets in one of largest gatherings since national security law imposedOn what was supposed to have been Hong Kong’s election day, hundreds of pro-democracy protesters took to the streets on Sunday, where they encountered a heavy pr…
From Tibet to Taiwan, China’s leader is intent on wielding absolute power. Instead he is fanning the flames of dissentIt’s often said that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely – but does it also induce leaders to act in foolhardy, hea…
UN experts call on China to explain apparent breaches of human rights obligationsHong Kong’s national security law risks breaching multiple international laws and the declaration of human rights, a coalition of United Nations human rights experts has s…
Magistrate finds no evidence pro-democracy tycoon tried to instil fear in reporter from rival paperThe Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been cleared of criminal intimidation charges dating from 2017, bringing to a close one of several cases against…