The Hong Kong protests erupted last year after residents expressed displeasure at a bill that was clearly designed to allow Beijing to have more power over the city’s administration. Many people were arrested by the police, including healthcare workers who were just performing their duties. In February, the UN wrote a letter to Chinese authorities expressing ...
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) maintains an extensive surveillance network in the West that identifies and monitors people who are considered a risk to the regime. A large number of them include Chinese-origin people who dare to speak against the communist atrocities of China. In Canada, people who have stood with Hong Kong protestors in their ...
Ben Li is a Chinese artist who graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing. He majored in sculpture and currently works both as an artist and as a teacher. Ben Li specializes in figure sculpture, portrait sculpture, pottery, and public art installations. He often works with materials like stone and wood. In addition ...
During one of the protests in Hong Kong, a woman raised a poster that read “Heaven Will Destroy the CCP.” The statement basically reflects the sentiment of every Hongkonger. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been taken aback by the resilience shown by Hong Kong protestors and their increasing anti-CCP stance. In fact, many people ...
Matthew Connors is a professor of photography from the U.S. who visited Hong Kong and took pictures of the protests. He was arrested by the police and interrogated. Though he was released immediately and put on a flight back to New York, Connors has been banned from entering the city. American photographer banned from Hong ...
In December, the Chinese regime arrested artist Yang Licai for his online support of the Hong Kong protests. PEN America, a nonprofit that promotes free expression in the U.S. and abroad, has issued a statement demanding the Chinese regime release Yang as soon as possible. Arresting Yang “The arrest of Yang Licai is an assault ...
The Hong Kong police have suspended a part-time police officer, surnamed Lo, under suspicion that this person was leaking the department’s New Year operational plans against protesters. Lo has become the first police officer to be suspended for misconduct since the 7-month-long protest began. Police officer accused of leaking secrets At the time of the ...
After the U.S. approved legislation in November in support of maintaining the democratic nature of Hong Kong, Beijing retaliated by announcing sanctions on American warships and NGOs. The U.S. legislation, called the “Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act,” was passed unanimously by the U.S. Senate except for a single lawmaker in the House of ...
You Qingyuan, founder and editor-in-chief of the 852 Post (852郵報), revealed on his YouTube channel that the gear used by Hong Kong police is causing damage to protesters’ spines. According to the 852 Post report, the new chairperson of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, Henry Fan, talked to journalists on December 5 about his meeting ...
Guri Melby, a 38-year-old MP from Oslo, has nominated Hongkongers for next year’s Nobel Peace Prize. She believes that this will inspire the international community to extend support to the city’s protesters as they fight the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to protect their way of life. The Nobel Peace Prize nomination “I have nominated the ...