Foreign ministers of the U.S., Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK have jointly raised concerns over the diminishing of Hong Kong’s freedoms after Beijing enacted a new set of rules to disqualify elected legislators in the semi-autonomous city. The foreign ministers reiterated their serious concerns over a Chinese government resolution that resulted in the ...
In the summer of 2019, unrest was gripping Hong Kong on account of the controversial extradition act. At his home, Hong Kong cartoonist Liu Guangcheng was watching live broadcasts of the protest. One particular scene that disturbed him and made him break through his inner struggle was when he saw a first aid responder being ...
After over 20 weeks into massive protests that have rocked the semi-autonomous city of Hong Kong, the extradition bill that set off the unrest has finally been withdrawn. This spring, Hong Kong authorities proposed a legal amendment that, if passed, could have been used by the Chinese Communist Party to apprehend any individual in Hong ...
Lung Yingtai, a famous Taiwanese writer and cultural critic, recently took to Facebook to post her views on the anti-extradition protests and protesters. In her view, if China deals with Hong Kong as an enemy by using force, it is not that Hong Kong has betrayed its homeland; on the contrary, it is the homeland that has ...
Simon Cheng Man-kit, a Hong Kong resident working as a consultant for the British Consulate in Hong Kong, went missing on Aug. 8 while attending a business meeting in Shenzhen, the southern Chinese city that borders Hong Kong. Cheng was released by the Chinese police after 15 days of “administrative detention” and returned to Hong ...
At 7 p.m. on August 23, the Hong Kong people responded to an Internet users’ initiative to build a human chain nearly 40 miles long. The “Hong Kong Way” came to life outside 39 metro stations stretching from east to west and north to south. More than 210,000 people were estimated to have participated, joining ...
The situation in Hong Kong remains turbulent. Some Hong Kong groups based in Canada hope that the Canadian government can do more to support the Hong Kong people in their struggle for freedom and human rights by protecting Hong Kong’s democracy activists through actions such as freezing the assets of those who violate Hong Kong’s ...
The Hong Kong protests have split the celebrities of the city in two. While one group is trying to play it safe by backing Beijing’s “One China” rhetoric or simply keeping quiet, the other camp is openly supporting the protesters and has strongly criticized the Chinese Communist Party for its crackdown on freedom-loving Hongkongers. Allying ...
The protests in Hong Kong have not only seen the participation of youth and activists, but also that of Hong Kong families who come out with their children. Many of the participating parents believe that it is necessary to instill the value of fighting for one’s freedoms right from childhood. A family affair “We have ...
Evgeny Afineevsky, the director of The Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom, wrote an open letter to encourage the people of Hong Kong to persist and unite based on experiences he gained by reporting live during the Ukrainian revolution of 2013-2014. The Oscar-nominated documentary film The Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom recorded ...
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