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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.

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.

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.

UK Offers Support for Hongkongers

Hong Kong’s National Security Law came into effect on June 30, 2020. Since then, the UK government has been taking steps to support Hongkongers as Beijing continues efforts to put an end to the open, democratic nature of the city. After the security law was imposed, Britain’s extradition treaty with Hong Kong was suspended and ...

Helen London

Hong Kong protest in 2021.

With Injustice to Jimmy Lai, Communist China Looks to Retaliate Against the West

The founder of Next Digital, Jimmy Lai, was detained again by the Hong Kong government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Albert Ho, former chairman of the Hong Kong Democratic Party, wrote an article titled Jimmy Lai’s Predicament and Hong Kong’s Road Ahead. In his article, Ho criticized the Attorney General’s endless abuse of the ...

Max Lu

The cover of Hong Kong newspaper, Apple Daily, showing Jimmy Lai's arrest.

Hong Kong Hotline Encourages Citizens to Report ‘Traitors’

The city of Hong Kong has introduced a new hotline that allows citizens to inform on people who act against the National Security Law. According to pro-democracy activists, the move will strengthen communist-style surveillance in the city. The hotline “No matter where you are, your private conversations, business chats, social media posts, or school lectures ...

Nspirement Staff

A woman holding a cell phone in a coffee shop.

A Story About a Street Singer in Hong Kong (Part 2)

The street singer, still holding his guitar, calmly answered a few questions from the police, and then smiled and asked the onlookers to sing together. The bald policeman standing opposite the street singer pointed at the street singer, trying to intimidate him to not sing again. The street singer ignored him. He started to play ...

Nspirement Staff

A street singer holds his guitar while confronted with a Hong Kong police officer.