With Account Freezes and Sanctions, Financial Bodies Become Hot Front in Hong...
On a month when hardly a day has gone by without new developments in Beijing’s campaign to crush resistance in Hong Kong, financial institutions have become the latest front in the conflict between...
View ArticleTop Hong Kong Court Upholds 2019 Mask Ban
Hong Kong’s highest court has upheld a ban on mask wearing imposed by the government at the height of the 2019 protests, a major blow for the city’s pro-democracy movement. The ban, introduced using a...
View ArticleHong Kongers Captured at Sea Jailed on Mainland for Up to Three Years
A court in Shenzhen has handed prison sentences to ten Hong Kongers who were caught attempting to flee Hong Kong for Taiwan by boat in August 2020. Two others, who are underaged, were repatriated to...
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Translation: Responses to State Media Gloating at “American Chaos”
On Wednesday, January 6, a mob incited by President Donald Trump attacked the United States Capitol, forcing Congress to temporarily abandon a joint session called to certify President-elect Joe...
View ArticleHong Kong Police Use National Security Law to Block Site Chronicling 2019...
Hong Kong authorities have reportedly used new powers under the National Security Law to block a website that chronicled data about the 2019 Hong Kong protests. The unprecedented move has raised fears...
View Article11 Hong Kongers Arrested for Allegedly Aiding Hong Kong 12 Escape
National security police arrested 11 people in Hong Kong on Thursday, including a prominent pro-democracy lawyer and district councillor, for allegedly aiding the attempt by 12 Hong Kongers to escape...
View ArticleChina-U.K. Relations Fracture Amid Hong Kong Crackdown
As the Hong Kong government’s crackdown on pro-democracy activists continues unabated, relations between Beijing and London have become increasingly frayed. Areas that have previously highlighted Hong...
View ArticleHong Kong Government Brings National Security to Education System, Cracks...
The Hong Kong Government has introduced comprehensive guidelines to securitize the city’s schools in line with the National Security Law, in a move aimed at quashing political dissent in the education...
View ArticleHow Hong Kong’s First National Security Cases Have Changed Its Courts
Since the Hong Kong National Security Law (NSL) was enacted a little over seven months ago, 97 people have been arrested under the law, and eight have been charged. For Hong Kong’s judiciary, the...
View ArticleHK Announces Oath Requirement for Elected Officials, Paving Way for More...
The Hong Kong government has introduced a bill that will grant it the power to disqualify elected officials for failing to pledge loyalty, as the authorities define it, to the HKSAR or for betraying...
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On National Security Education Day, Hong Kong Celebrates Police Brutality
After weeks of wall-to-wall advertising, the Hong Kong government celebrated its newly created “National Security Education Day” on Thursday. The New York Times’ Vivian Wang described how the day...
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Three Convicted of Rioting in HK Despite No Evidence of Involvement
A Hong Kong court has convicted three people of rioting, jailing them for at least four years despite a lack of evidence that they played any role in the riot. This is the latest conviction since a...
View ArticleCarrie Lam Claims Hong Kong’s Universities Infiltrated By “Foreign Forces”
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam claimed that Hong Kong universities have been “penetrated by foreign forces” after it was revealed an American academic study paid students to partake in a...
View ArticleHong Kong to Begin Politically Censoring Films
Hong Kong’s film censors have been instructed to begin censoring films on national security grounds, making the city’s vaunted film industry the latest victim of spreading political censorship under...
View ArticleNetizen Voices: On Kiwi Chow’s “Revolution of Our Times” Golden Horse Award Win
On November 27, Kiwi Chow Kwun-wai’s “Revolution of Our Times” was crowned best documentary film at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Festival. The award provided a moment of celebration for the film’s...
View ArticleCitizens Resist Hong Kong Hamster Hunt
In their efforts to trace and contain a rapidly growing coronavirus outbreak in Hong Kong, authorities have identified a prime suspect of transmission: hamsters. After one employee of a pet shop tested...
View ArticleHong Kong Opens Youth “Deradicalization” Programs and Closes Student Unions
Hong Kong’s Security Bureau has recently revealed, and praised, the government’s use of “deradicalization” programs for jailed protesters who participated in the 2019 pro-democracy movement. The...
View ArticleHong Kong Human Rights Press Awards Canceled; Journalists Association...
The Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club (HKFCC) has canceled its annual Human Rights Press Awards over fear of violating the National Security Law. HKFCC president Keith Richburg shared the news...
View ArticleBeijing Pulls COVID Isolation Tracking Bracelets After Backlash; Hong Kong...
While many governments elsewhere appear resigned to “sliding into the long pandemic defeat,” those in China continue to fight COVID-19 with an array of weapons including mass testing, smartphone-based...
View ArticleBritish, Chinese Governments Trade Accusations After Assault at Consulate
A violent confrontation between protesters and Chinese consular staff in the U.K. highlights China’s increasing determination to police beyond its borders, and tests the resolve of Western governments...
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