Tag: Hong Kong

Biden Administration Criticizes China Sanctions on Trump Officials
On Trump’s last day in office, Beijing placed sanctions on 28 people from his administration. The communist...

Arrests of Hong Kong Dissidents Receive Widespread International Condemnation
Secretaries of State from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States signed a joint...

More Sanctions Put on Chinese Officials Involved in Crackdown on Pro-democracy Activists
On Monday, Dec. 7, 14 more Chinese officials were sanctioned for taking part in the Chinese government...

Hong Kong Leader Says She Has Piles of Cash at Home After US Sanctions
In early August, the Trump administration blacklisted 11 officials from China and Hong Kong for their...

Hong Kong Sentences Democracy Activists for Violating National Security Law
On Dec. 2, a Hong Kong court sentenced pro-democracy leaders Joshua Wong, Ivan Lam, and Agnes Chow Ting...

Ant Group Investor Injured in Attack. Offers HK$10M Bounty
A record bounty of HK$10 million is being offered to capture suspects who attacked an Ant Group investor...

He Escaped China Over a Decade Ago, but Memory of Repression Remains Close
In late 2000, China Southern Airlines pilot Zhang Guoliang lost his right to fly — for reasons that had...

Hongkongers Defy Police Ban to Commemorate Tiananmen Massacre
Thousands of people gathered in the evening of June 4 in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park to hold a vigil for...

‘Persist in 2020’: 1 Million Hongkongers Take Part in New Year March
Hong Kong saw as many as a million people march on New Year’s Day 2020, chanting pro-democracy slogans...

Washington Needs to Be Ready for End of Communism in China, Says Leading Historian
The People’s Republic of China is headed toward a similar fate as the former Soviet Union, and the United...

Employee of British Consulate in Hong Kong Detained While in China
Simon Cheng Man-kit, a Hong Kong resident working as a consultant for the UK Consulate, went missing...

Hong Kong Protesters Unyielding as Threat of Military Crackdown Looms
More observers warn of a possible violent crackdown by the mainland Chinese authorities in Hong Kong...