Editor's Pick, Hong Kong

China Ends Democracy in Hong Kong

China is making its stance on establishing total dominance over Hong Kong clear even though its muscle-flexing has raised eyebrows in global circles. The National People’s Congress (NPC) of China recently approved new rules that stop anyone from being a candidate in Hong Kong elections without the approval of a Beijing loyalist committee. This effectively ...

Max Lu

Democracy is being quenched in Hong Kong, the people of the world should not be silent.

47 Arrested for Involvement in Hong Kong Legislative Council Primary Election

The 600,000 people who took part in the informal Hong Kong Legislative Council primary polls organized by pro-democratic parties in July 2020 have been met with vicious retaliation by the Hong Kong government. The government charged 47 pro-democracy activists who set up the primaries with conspiracy to subvert state power under its National Security Law. After ...

Max Lu

Family and supporters, mostly wearing black clothing, stand outside the West Kowloon Law Courts Building in Hong Kong to wait for the results of the trial of the 47 pro-democracy activists who organized a primary election in July 2020.

Thugs for Hire: The Relationship Between Beijing and the Hong Kong Triads

On the evening of July 21, 2019, dozens of masked men in white T-shirts stormed the Yuen Long train station and assaulted people returning home after a pro-democracy protest, as well as passers-by, with wooden sticks and metal rods. There has been widespread speculation that the attackers belonged to the Hong Kong triads — the ...

David Clapp

Suspected triad members attack pro-democracy protesters in North Point, Hong Kong on August 5, 2019.

Leaving Hong Kong to Escape the Chinese Communist Regime

Another young person has fled Hong Kong in order to avoid the brutality of the Chinese Communist regime.  The 19-year-old youth, who goes by the pseudonym “Hammer,” has endured being arrested, beaten, and harassed by police, as well as having his house illegally searched — all for participating in Hong Kong’s anti-extradition movement in 2019.  ...

Tatiana Denning

View of Hong Kong from Jardine's Lookout as the sun sets.

How Do Hongkongers Celebrate Chinese New Year? Hint: Flowers

We all like flowers, but for Hongkongers, flowers mean so much more. Especially on Chinese New Year’s Day, since giving flowers and potted plants as gifts is a very important tradition. Every year, lots of flower markets are held in different districts in Hong Kong for Chinese New Year. One of the most popular markets is in ...

Emma Lu

Blue orchids at the Chinese New Year flower market.

Pro-Beijing Curriculum Targets Hong Kong Schoolchildren for Reeducation

Hong Kong’s controversial National Security Law is making itself further felt, this time with Hong Kong schoolchildren in the city’s schools with a drastic revamp to the education that includes. instigating a pro-Beijing curriculum that includes the targeting of liberal studies. Included in new measures issued on February 4 are an increase in monitoring of ...

Rory Karsten

Students take part in a joint 'school human chain rally' in Hong Kong on September 12, 2019.

Nearly 200,000 Hongkongers Moving to the UK

After China implemented the national security law in Hong Kong, there have been reports that numerous people in the city are looking to migrate to other nations. Countries like Australia, the United Kingdom, and Taiwan have already announced plans to welcome fleeing Hongkongers. According to an estimate by the UK’s Foreign Office, almost 200,000 Hongkongers ...

Max Lu

A lion statue.