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Minitrue: Delete Harmful Information on Hong Kong
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. All...
View ArticleSensitive Words: Hong Kong Protests (Updated)
As of September 29, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). Hong Kong Protests: Protests for electoral reform have escalated after a week of...
View ArticleCensors Keep Mainland in the Dark About HK Protests
As pro-democracy student protests continue to unfold in Hong Kong, Chinese authorities are ramping up censorship to stop news of the unrest from spreading on the mainland. The Los Angeles Times...
View ArticleMixed Feelings Among Hong Kong’s Mainland Students
The Wall Street Journal’s Chao Deng, Patrick Boehler and Chen Yifei at the South China Morning Post, and Reuters’ Donny Kwok and Yimou Lee describe the conflicted attitudes of mainland students and...
View ArticleSpyware Targets Hong Kong Protesters’ Phones
A blog post from security firm Lacoon details the discovery of mobile malware apparently being used against Hong Kong protesters. Both Android and jailbroken iOS devices are vulnerable. From Ohad...
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Sensitive Words: The Umbrella Revolution
As of October 1, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). As protests for electoral reform continue in Hong Kong, more related terms are blocked...
View ArticleProtesters to CY Leung: “Quit or We Occupy Buildings”
Update (October 2, 9:20 am Pacific Time): As the students’ deadline approached, CY Leung defied protesters’ demands and announced that he would not resign. Beijing also left no room for negotiation....
View ArticleProtest Camps in Hong Kong Come Under Assault
On Friday, violent clashes broke out in two of Hong Kong’s shopping districts after opponents of the week-long democracy protests stormed into demonstrators’ camps, tearing down tents and barricades...
View ArticleState Media and Public Opinion on the HK Protests
While the international media has been paying close attention to protesters in the Hong Kong streets over the past ten days, China’s official state media has been presenting a counter narrative while...
View ArticleHong Kong: What Now?
The demonstrations in Hong Kong have largely wound down on the streets, though in some areas protesters still remain in encampments. The continuing street protests have transitioned into a new phase as...
View ArticleHong Kong Government Scraps Talks With Protesters
Student and Occupy Central protesters have been on the Hong Kong streets for nearly two weeks airing an array of grievances. Foremost among these are calls for the open nomination of candidates for the...
View ArticleHong Kong Police Forcibly Clear Protesters’ Barricades
Hong Kong police have cleared a number of protest sites in the city, removing the increasingly elaborate barriers erected in response to earlier efforts. The makeshift fortifications included...
View ArticleC.Y. Leung Takes Tough Stance Ahead of Talks
Following a weekend of violent clashes between protesters and police in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, and ahead of planned talks with government representatives, some students are vowing to continue their...
View ArticleHK Lawmaker Pays Price for Breaking Ranks With Beijing
On Tuesday, the New York Times’ Michael Forsythe reported that Hong Kong lawmaker and founding head of the HK Liberal Party James Tien Pei-chun was looking at expulsion from the Chinese People’s...
View ArticleHK Activists, Ex-Pats Say ‘Foreign Forces’ Not Behind Protests
Since Occupy Central and student protesters began their ongoing round of demonstrations nearly six weeks ago, Hong Kong and central Chinese authorities (via state media) have consistently sought to...
View ArticleWhat Does Hong Kong’s “Occupy Generation” Want?
As participants in the ongoing Hong Kong protests consider and debate next steps for the movement, some students leaders are considering a trip up to Beijing to press their demands with the Chinese...
View ArticleHong Kong Student Protesters Plan Beijing Visit
As student and pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong wrap up their sixth week of protest against limitations to universal suffrage in the semi-autonomous region, they do so under the increasing threat...
View ArticleStudent Leaders, Others Detained as Police Clear Mong Kok
Student leaders Lester Shum and Joshua Wong were among the 116 people detained Tuesday night and Wednesday morning as police cleared protest sites in Mong Kok. Skirmishes between police and protesters...
View ArticleHK Student Leader Says Police Tried to Injure Him
The New York Times’ Michael Forsythe and Austin Ramzy report that seven Hong Kong police officers were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a pro-democracy protestor. Footage of the incident...
View ArticleHong Kong Protesters Take to the Streets Again
Almost two months after bailiffs cleared out the last of the protesters from Hong Kong streets, following 11 weeks of protests, the first pro-democracy march of the year was held in the Central...
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