While Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has announced the formal withdrawal of the controversial extradition bill, but she has refused to accept the other four demands. Hong Kong protesters continue to take to the streets in a show of conviction and solidarity. On September 8, the people of Hong Kong held a Hong Kong ...
During World War II, U.S. General George Patton faced unimaginable challenges and the heroic story of his faith has inspired many. On December 8, 1944, Patton was leading the Third Army in France with a mission to rescue the 101st Airborne Division, which was surrounded by German soldiers. The area was covered in fog, with continuous ...
The Chinese Communist Party cannot take criticism and dedicates much of its ruthless machinery inside and outside of China to silencing critics. However. a Hong Kong bookseller has defied Beijing from Taiwan. Methods the Party uses against mainland critics include jail, job loss, and the developing social credit system. Historically, the death toll for critics ...
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 ...
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 ...
For the third time in two months, over 1 million Hongkongers have taken to the streets in defiance of the city’s mainland China-backed authorities. On Aug. 18, crowds gathered in and around Victoria Park on Hong Kong Island, holding umbrellas under the pouring rain to protest police violence and alleged violence by gang members over the ...
Protests against Hong Kong’s extradition bill have escalated over the past few weeks and have now come to a tipping point. The protests began as a public appeal from Hong Kong residents for Chief Executive Carrie Lam to revoke the extradition bill, which would allow the extradition of Hong Kong residents and foreigners residing in Hong Kong ...
Eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional custom in China. This custom began in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). At that time, Chinese people were under the cruel rule of Kublai Khan. They were unwilling to endure it any longer and fought against the government. Zhu Yuanzhang united various resistance forces and prepared for ...
Hong Kong’s immigration authority recently announced that residents of the region will have to replace their existing identity cards with new ones from December 27. The technology used in these new “smart” cards has triggered concerns that it may be used to track and monitor citizens. The new card In the beginning, the new cards ...
Beijing’s increasing interference in Hong Kong is something that has been making businesses and the wealthy sections of the city concerned. With the ongoing mass protests against the government’s pro-China extradition amendment bill, capital outflows from the city have spiked. Capital outflows “We have seen a trend to offshoring assets in the last few years, ...
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