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Filling Hong Kong’s black hole — Q&A with Shirley Leung
Shirley Leung was a reporter for the critical Hong Kong tabloid Apple Daily until the territory’s new National Security Law killed it. But she’s back on the Hong Kong reporting beat with Photon Media, a Taiwan-based startup dedicated to covering Hong Kong local news.
Five speech therapists convicted for sedition in Hong Kong over publishing kids’ books
A series of children’s picture books about a village of sheep under attack by a village of wolves has been branded as seditious content by a Hong Kong judge, who today convicted five speech therapists with sentences of up to two years in prison.
Joshua Wong pleads guilty under Hong Kong’s National Security Law
The student activist is among 29 defendants expected to accept subversion charges under Beijing’s highly controversial legislation, which has all but quelled any remaining anti-government protests since coming into force two years ago.
Xi Jinping is in Hong Kong
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is visiting Hong Kong for the 25th anniversary of the handover — his first trip to the city since the anti-government protests that began in 2019 and his first appearance outside the mainland in over two years.
Xi will attend Hong Kong’s handover, but not the press
Hong Kong authorities have barred at least 13 journalists working for local and international news outlets from covering official events for the 25th anniversary of the handover this week, in a surprise to none.
June 4 in Hong Kong: A suppressed city fights for its memory of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown
For the third year in a row, memorials for those who died on and near Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989 were absent in Hong Kong. But local artists and students found their own ways to commemorate the event despite threats from the authorities.
Hong Kong names ex-cop John Lee as its new leader
Under Hong Kong’s controversial new election process, John Lee has won the single-candidate election to become the city’s top leader. Lee received 1,416 of the 1,424 votes cast by a pro-Beijing election committee that has been chosen to represent Hong Kong’s 7.5 million people.
Former top cop to be next leader of Hong Kong?
John Lee, a former law enforcement official and a favored candidate to win, has announced his currently unopposed bid to be Hong Kong’s next leader.
The U.K.’s BNO scheme, one year later
A year into its inception, a visa program introduced by the U.K. has opened a path to work and citizenship for millions of Hongkongers. But much work remains to make the scheme more inclusive and resettlements easier.
Citizen News becomes latest Hong Kong news site to close down
In less than a year, three independent media outlets in Hong Kong — Apple Daily, Stand News, and now Citizen News — have closed due to increased pressure from authorities enforcing the National Security Law.
The China Project 2022 Red Paper
We all read the headlines, but what really happened in China in 2021? And what’s on deck for 2022? This is our annual guide to the China issues we all need to know about.
As many as 127 journalists are behind bars in China and Hong Kong
China is the “world’s worst jailer of journalists,” the Committee to Protect Journalists said in its annual survey. Reporters Without Borders estimated that 127 journalists are currently detained in China, including Hong Kong, which has seen its press freedoms rapidly deteriorate under the National Security Law.
The anaconda in the chandeliers: The Hong Kong National Security Law and its implications for middle powers
In May 2021, an Israeli company became the first documented case of China imposing free expression limitations on a foreign business under the 2020 Hong Kong National Security Law. Tuvia Gering argues that democracies must research the law and its implications to ensure that their citizens are not prosecuted for exercising their basic rights.
Hong Kong’s first national security trial ends in guilty verdict
Today saw the first verdict from a trial under Hong Kong’s National Security Law. Promoters of the draconian law say the defendant committed a violent criminal act, but his conviction hinged on the interpretation of language, not on the nature of his acts.
Beijing demands Hong Kong build ‘iron wall’ of national security as Washington warns businesses of political risk
Xia Baolong, the head of the Chinese State Council’s Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, delivered a speech celebrating what Beijing sees as the success of its national security law in Hong Kong and outlining expectations for the future of the city.
Beijing approves Hong Kong government reshuffle, doubling down on national security law enforcement
Two security officials in Hong Kong were promoted today, marking an even heavier emphasis on enforcement of Beijing’s national security law. John Lee, the new number two in city government, is the first chief secretary since the 1997 handover to not have economic or social policy expertise.
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily shuts down as police target editors
With its founder in jail, bank accounts frozen, and editorial staff at risk of arrest, the blows fell fast and hard against the territory’s 26-year-old pro-democracy tabloid.
Outcry over ‘chilling’ effect of Hong Kong media arrests for ‘foreign collusion’
Media is the new target of national security law enforcement in Hong Kong. A day after 500 police officers raided the newsroom of pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily and arrested five executives, two were charged with foreign collusion.
Hong Kong expands film censorship under national security law
Any movie, whether foreign or domestic and even regardless of content, can now be barred from screening in Hong Kong if local censors feel its showing could endanger national security as defined by Beijing.
Hong Kong political crackdown continues with more prison time for pro-democracy activists, second Tiananmen vigil ban
As Hong Kong’s courts gave additional prison sentences to activists and the city’s police again banned the annual June 4 gathering, the Legislative Council formally approved new rules imposed by Beijing requiring that only “patriots” can be elected to public office.
