カテゴリー: Hong Kong
Decision to bar pro-democracy candidates is a sign that even moderate dissent will not be toleratedHong Kong’s decision to bar 12 pro-democracy candidates from standing for office sets a sweeping precedent and may signal the end of meaningful political…
Ambassador’s warning comes in response to UK’s special visa offer to Hong Kong citizensChina will not recognise the British national (overseas) passport as a legal travel document, raising the prospect that the 3 million Hong Kong citizens eligible for…
Move to control spread of coronavirus abandoned after widespread public angerCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHong Kong’s government has reversed a day-old ban on restaurants serving dine-in customers that was introduced to c…
Disqualifications and growing number of activist arrests under law imposed by China signal curtailment of city’s civic freedomsTwelve pro-democracy candidates have been disqualified from Hong Kong’s upcoming legislative elections, in the most sweeping …
Decision to fire Benny Tai, a tenured law professor, goes against previous ruling by the university senateA prominent Hong Kong professor and pro-democracy campaigner has been fired by his university, in a move that he and other critics described as a …
Tit-for-tat move follows measures by Ottawa, Canberra and London over new security lawChina has suspended Hong Kong’s extradition treaties with Canada, Australia, and the UK, in a tit-for-tat move after similar decisions by those countries over its con…
Chinese embassy criticises move as ‘gross interference’ and ‘serious violation of international law’New Zealand has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong following China’s imposition of a controversial national security law that gives it swee…
Chairs of eight parliamentary foreign affairs committees say new security law infringes human rightsThe chairs of eight parliamentary foreign affairs committees from across Europe have written to the Chinese government in opposition to Hong Kong’s new …
Xi has stifled dissent at home and is increasingly willing for China to assert itself abroad Earlier this week, Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a rare meeting in Beijing with business leaders. Admitting that the Covid-19 pandemic had a “huge impact” on …
Home secretary Priti Patel says BNO visa changes were ‘proportionate response’ to China’s increasing control over the cityThe British government has outlined its pathway to citizenship for millions of overseas nationals in Hong Kong wanting to flee gro…
Distributor of popular music game ‘strongly condemns’ director who hid message in song uploaded to personal account A popular mobile music game has been removed in China for “rectification and internal evaluation” after it emerged its music director wr…
Ambassador to London calls extradition treaty suspension ‘blatant’ interference in Chinese affairs and a contravention of international lawChina’s ambassador has accused the UK government of blatantly interfering in China’s internal affairs by suspendi…
Panic spreads after more than 500 new cases recorded in past two weeks, most of them localCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOnce named in the same breath as Taiwan and Singapore as an early example of successful virus control,…
Raab expected to suspend UK’s Hong Kong extradition treaty due to security crackdownChina has said the UK will be heading “down the wrong path” if, as expected, Dominic Raab announces on Monday he is suspending an extradition treaty with Hong Kong due …
Foreign secretary Dominic Raab to announce results of review on Monday amid tensions over Beijing’s imposition of new national security lawThe UK is expected to suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong, according to multiple reports, amid a packag…