HONG KONG
In July 2020, then-U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency with respect to Hong Kong and imposed economic sanctions on 48 Chinese and Hong Kong officials. This week the United States confirmed that it would not renew the national emergency and removed nine officials from
Falun Gong Under Renewed Pressure in Hong Kong as Establishment Lawmakers Call for Ban
New security chief declines to comment on legality of spiritual group persecuted in mainland China, but...
Infamous Article 23 May See Comeback as Communist Party’s Grip on Hong Kong Tightens
A long-dormant piece of legislation in Hong Kong’s Basic Law may be brought into action as the mainland...
Hong Kong Rewards Security Officials With Promotions to Top Positions
Hong Kong’s city government has promoted two security officials who have led the charge on the Beijing-directed...
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily Might Close Shop After Government Crackdown
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily may be forced to stop operations within a week if its assets are not unfrozen...
Two Executives of Apple Daily Charged; Hongkongers Come Out in Droves to Snatch Up Copies of the Paper
Two executives of the embattled Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily were charged on Friday, June 18, after...
Apple Daily Raided by Hong Kong Police; Several Arrested Under ‘National Security Law’
An estimated 400 police officers raided the Hong Kong offices of independent news outlet Apple Daily...
Hong Kong Deployed 3,000 Police to Block Tiananmen Memorials, but People Have Their Ways
On June 4, 32 years ago, the Tiananmen Square Massacre launched by the Communist Party of China (CCP)...
Right to a Jury Denied in Hong Kong’s First National Security Law Trial
Hong Kong’s High Court ruled on May 20 there will be no jury allowed in the trial of 24-year-old Tong...
Attacks on Independent Media in Hong Kong Showcase Factional Struggle Among China’s Top Leaders
News analysis Hong Kong has long been a safe haven for practitioners of Falun Gong, the spiritual...