Hong Kong, Editor's Pick

Hong Kong Demands UK-Based Hong Kong Watch Shut Down Its Website

With time, the CCP is tightening its control over Hong Kong, despite the waves of protest from human rights entities and residents. In the last few years, legal nooks on media and democratic protests have become tighter than ever before. In the latest development, the Hong Kong government has come down heavily on a popular ...

Max Lu

CCTV cameras.

Keeping Traditional Crafts Alive in Hong Kong

Hong Kong, the island drawing millions of tourists worldwide, has numerous things to see and do, for sure. However, its attractions are not limited to the delectable cuisine, swanky shopping malls, ancient temples, and glitzy theme parks. The tourists exploring Hong Kong are also enticed by its traditional crafts that are being passed from one ...

Emma Lu

Young Asian woman wearing a traditional red and gold kwan kwa wedding dress.

Nanjing Massacre Graphic Video Upsets Students

A school in Hong Kong created a controversy by showing raw video footage of the Nanjing Massacre to young students. The incident that took place was at the Tuen Mun primary school, which left students, some as young as age six, distraught after watching brutal scenes of violence. The video clip is of 5 minutes ...

Max Lu

A birdseye view of some Hong Kong school students during an excursion.

Fear to Anger Chinese Communist Party Will Lead to Disaster

On Human Rights Day, Nathan Law Kwun-chung, a Hong Kong activist, was invited to address the Summit for Democracy, a virtual summit hosted by the United States where he called out the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The main premise of his address was an appeal to the world not to fear annoying, pestering, disturbing, angering, ...

Michael Segarty

Streets of Hong Kong filled with police outside a shopping district.

Film Rights for ‘Revolution of Our Times’ Transferred Overseas

Hong Kong-based director Zhou Guanwei of the documentary Revolution of Our Times announced in his Facebook post on July 24, 2021, that the film rights and all its materials have been transferred overseas, and the holder of the copyright shall work with any distributor or platform that intends to represent or distribute the film. The ...

Michael Segarty

Revolution of Our Times.

Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Newspaper Apple Daily Is Forced to Close

Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily has announced its closure, which is seen as a blow to press freedom under the pressure of Beijing. The publication, which was a leading critic of the Hong Kong and Chinese leadership, decided to shut down after being accused of breaching the National Security Law, leading to a ...

Max Lu

The Apple Daily newspaper.

Let the Candlelight Illuminate the World

June 4th marked the 32nd anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre in Beijing. It also marked the first anniversary of the Hong Kong National Security Law being implemented. On that day, the people of Hong Kong not only defied the tyranny of the Chinese Communist Party overlords, but they went on to illuminate the world ...

Tatiana Denning

Brave people of Hong Kong illuminate the world.

As Long as the Heart Does Not Die, the Candlelight Will Never Go Out

Perversely, the new regime in Hong Kong banned all traditional public commemorations of the June 4 Tiananmen Square Massacre. Nevertheless, the brave people of Hong Kong remain defiant and continue to hold their own candlelight vigils and commemorations. The Hong Kong government banned the 32nd anniversary of the June 4 commemoration arranged by the Hong ...

Helen London

The people of Hong Kong continued to hold their own candlelight vigils.