When Britain handed Hong Kong over to China in 1997, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) promised that it would honor the “one country, two systems” rule under which Hong Kong would be able to preserve its way of life. Fast forward two decades and China seems to be in no mood to honor the agreement. ...
According to a study done by recruitment firm Michael Page, Hongkongers are quitting Chinese companies after getting fed up of the office culture and low salaries. Almost 44 percent of Chinese businesses in Hong Kong were found to have trouble retaining employees. Hongkongers leaving Chinese companies “These Chinese companies have a lot of money, and ...
Joshua Wong, the 21-year-old democracy activist from Hong Kong, has been awarded the 2018 Lantos Human Rights Prize. The Lantos Foundation award was received by Joshua’s associates since he has been barred from traveling to the U.S. where the ceremony was held. Joshua Wong won the Lantos Foundation award for his fighting for democracy in ...
No more freedom of expression in Hong Kong — an art show that was supposed to take place in Hong Kong has been canceled after the organizers received threats from Chinese authorities. The artist whose works were to be featured, Badiucao, is famous for his images that satirize the Chinese Communist Party’s political suppression and ...
Typhoon Mangkhut swept over Hong Kong leaving destruction in its wake. From my home, it looked like a total disaster. Many trees were uprooted. From small ones to huge, old trees, from the south part of Hong Kong all the way to Repulse Bay, all you could see was limbs that had been torn from ...
When it comes to Taiwan, the Chinese Communist Party has split opinions. While one group wants to use military might to force Taiwan to integrate with China, another group advocates for discussions and incentives that will bring on the unification. This in a way shows the strong impact Taiwan has had on its neighbor — the ...
Crowds gathered in semi-autonomous Hong Kong to remember the victims of China’s Tiananmen Square Massacre (the June 4th incident) of 1989 and fight against authoritarian rule. Tens of thousands have been coming together at Victoria Park since the 1990s, with their central message being the democratization of China. The organizers, the Hong Kong Alliance in ...
April to June are the wettest and most humid months for Hong Kong. This year, however, had its residents steaming in the streets and in their homes as May 2018 was the hottest on record. On the heels of this news, the Hong Kong Observatory issued a Tropical Cyclone Warning at 04:45 (HKT) on June 6, 2018. With ...
Former Hong Kong (HK) Home Affairs Minister Patrick Ho is being detained in New York City on charges of allegedly bribing officials in Africa. The former HK official was apparently receiving financial support for his legal fees from an unnamed Shanghai-based energy firm. Ho was arrested last November in New York City. Ho, who also ...
In an absurd turn of events, a wild boar fell through the ceiling of Kingkow, a children’s clothing store in one of Hong Kong’s shopping malls. The incident occurred in May 2015 and led to a standoff between the boar and the authorities for around four hours. This boar seems to have escaped the forest area ...
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