CANDICE CHAU | HONG KONG FREE PRESS "She bet on the future of Hong Kong on the greater bay area and on the mainland economy. That will ruin the international city of Hong Kong," said democrat Wu-Chi wai Hong Kong’s...
Hong Kong's academic freedom is potentially set for another blow as the governing council of Hong Kong University (HKU) confirmed the appointment of Max Shen Zuojun and Gong Peng as vice-presidents, respectively, of research and of academic development.
Lai is among 13 democrats and public figures accused of incitement in connection with a banned vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre on June 4th. He also faces multiple charges over last year’s pro-democracy protests which were triggered by a...
In an Aug. 26 post on Chinese social media, the Chinese regime’s coast guard confirmed that its Guangdong forces intercepted a boat and arrested a group of more than 10 people “suspected of illegally crossing the border” around 9 p.m....
The spokesperson did not answer questions as to whether Beijing was now overseeing the processing of visas for journalists, nor did they reply when asked how long applicants or employers could be expected to wait. “Routine applications for extension of...
<!-- that if any of these things happened, we would have the courts to rely on. I don’t think I can say that anymore.” The professor said that the effects of the new law were not only impossible to ignore,...
<!-- massacre.” “I might be jailed and they might suspend my legal practice, but I can’t leave,” he said. “We had been too pampered in the past because our risks in Hong Kong had been small. Resistance has more meaning now...
<!-- Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the Hong Kong Secretary for Justice to drop the absurd rioting charges against the two reporters who documented the occupation of the Legislative Council building. On June 10th, almost a year...
<!-- the last day is,” he said. “If they jail me, the business will go on until it can’t go on.” Lai has long been a target of intimidation. He said he had for years been stalked by people...
