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Hong Kong might survive the protests, but will the Greater Bay Area?
The Greater Bay Area surrounding Hong Kong is China’s richest region, home to mega-cities reinventing themselves as tech hubs. This is where the protests in…
Beijing to Hong Kong: We make the laws
Zāng Tiěwěi 臧铁伟, the spokesperson of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress. The Hong Kong High Court overturned…
A tipping point in Hong Kong?
The situation in Hong Kong is as volatile as it has ever been, as every day of the past week has brought fresh, violent clashes between protesters and police. This is the first time that the upheaval has not slowed during a single weekday. Two significant police actions ensured this: A second protester was shot by police with live bullets on November 11, as we covered last week. Police laid siege to university campuses, which had previously been treated as safe havens.
What do the Hong Kong protesters want?
Hong Kong is now paralyzed on a near-daily basis by violent clashes between anti-government protesters and police. How did we get here, and what is it, exactly, that the protesters want?
Schools close after third day of violent clashes in Hong Kong
Things in Hong Kong are not looking good: After three days of increasingly violent clashes between protesters and police, “Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong…
Hong Kong’s Monday of mayhem
For most of the 24 weeks of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, the city has seethed on weekends but returned to something resembling normalcy on weekdays. Only twice have there been significant exceptions to that — a general strike on Wednesday, June 12, and further strikes and an occupation of the airport for days in early August. Today was the third exception, as a protester was shot and critically injured by what appeared to be a traffic cop at about 7:15 a.m., according to the Hong Kong Free Press. Later in the day, a man was “set alight following a heated argument” with demonstrators, and was admitted to a nearby hospital with severe burns, AFP reports.
‘Forgive me for loving freedom’: The enduring Hong Kong rock anthem
For 25 years, the 1993 ballad “Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies” from the Hong Kong band BEYOND has soared above protests, marches, and rallies in mainland…
Beijing will not let Hong Kong decide its own future
The city’s November 24 district council elections, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong (黃之鋒 Huáng Zhīfēng) was disqualified from running last week, for his support for “self-determination.” The bottom line is that Beijing, and the Hong Kong government that it oversees, will not allow the people of Hong Kong to decide their own future.
Fear and loathing — anti-mainlander sentiment in Hong Kong
As anti-government protests simmer in Hong Kong, some demonstrators are increasingly focusing their anger on mainland Chinese in the city, hurling abuse and, in some…
The Panda in the Room: Hong Kong’s pro-independence movement
Some Hong Kong activists, faced with diminishing prospects for political liberalization and a government in Beijing that’s taken a marked authoritarian turn, have responded by…
Beijing denies it has plans to replace Carrie Lam
Last week, the Financial Times reported that Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam is on her way out, with Beijing seeking to replace her by March next year with a candidate who doesn’t have any connections with the extradition law mess. The Chinese foreign ministry initially dismissed this reporting as “political rumors with ulterior motives,” but has since scrubbed that denial from the official transcript of its press briefing.
All the international brands that have apologized to China
The definitive list of international companies that have issued apologies to maintain their market access in China in recent years. Plus, a record of the even more widespread phenomenon of self-censorship for the Chinese market.
What are the five key demands of Hong Kong?
The five key demands of Hong Kong protesters are: to withdraw the extradition bill; to stop labeling protesters as “rioters”; to drop charges against protesters; to conduct an independent inquiry into police behavior; to implement free elections for a chief executive.
Beijing seethes as House approves Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act
The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which would put the city’s special trading relationship with the United States under annual review, was unanimously…
After NBA affair, Silicon Valley turns against China
The NBA kerfuffle seems to have been a turning point in Corporate America, at least in the tech sector. Shelly Banjo, Hong Kong correspondent for…
‘We’ll grind you up and crush your bones’: Tough talk from China’s leader
A tweet from Chinese nationalist rag Global Times:…
Apple removes Hong Kong police-tracking app after complaints from China
Apple removes Hong Kong police-tracking app after complaints from China
NBA stands firm as CCTV cuts preseason broadcasts and brands flee
Two days after the NBA groveled to Chinese fans over a tweet by Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey that supported Hong Kong protesters and sparked outrage…
