Li Yi, a famous Hong Kong writer and media personality, passed away in October last year (2022) at the age of 86. Recently, his two daughters announced on Facebook that their father’s posthumous work Memoirs of a Loser will be published on May 10. Li Yi’s two daughters, Xiaolei and Xiaobei, shared in a Facebook ...
Cardinal Zen (also known as Chen Rijun), bishop emeritus of Hong Kong and one of the highest-ranking Catholic clergy in Asia, was arrested by Hong Kong police for reportedly violating Hong Kong’s National Security Law. The 90-year-old cardinal, along with five others, was arrested for not correctly registering the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund created by ...
According to a survey of 1,004 Cantonese-speaking adults conducted by the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (HKPORI), satisfaction with the performance of the news media, in general, has reached an all-time low. Satisfaction with press freedom in has dropped by 23 percentage points, its lowest position since records began. Only 28 percent of respondents ...
On Human Rights Day, Nathan Law Kwun-chung, a Hong Kong activist, was invited to address the Summit for Democracy, a virtual summit hosted by the United States where he called out the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The main premise of his address was an appeal to the world not to fear annoying, pestering, disturbing, angering, ...
Media veteran Steve Vines recently left Hong Kong without notice for the U.K. Under the new Hong Kong National Security Law, Vines believes that Hong Kong is no longer free, and sees a crisis situation growing in the once vibrant and energetic city. Well-known for his acclaimed work in the media, Vines has contributed articles ...
On July 1, 2020, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) imposed Hong Kong’s National Security Law, effectively eroding away freedom and democracy in the city over the last year. Hong Kong has rapidly transformed from a free, global financial hub into an authoritarian society. In this trying situation, speaking up for freedom and democracy has become ...
On the night of the Communist Party’s centenary celebration on July 1, a 50-year-old Hong Kong man, Leung Kin-fai, stabbed a police officer and then killed himself with a knife. The Hong Kong media exposed the contents of his suicide note, which referred to the Hong Kong police “harboring criminals” and the loss of freedom ...
Hong Kong authorities are using the National Security Law to censor films in Hong Kong, including Inside the Red Brick Wall. Beijing is well-known for its censorship of the media and persons criticizing its policies and ideologies. Several high-profile brands and entities have faced backlashes when they tried to raise their voices against the ruling ...
Last year, tens of thousands of Hong Kongers publicly commemorated the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre despite a ban on such efforts by police officials citing health concerns due to the pandemic. The ban has now caught up with dozens of activists, among them Joshua Wong, who, with several others, was sentenced to jail on May ...
A wave of emigration has struck Hong Kong since the implementation of the National Security Law in 2020. For many citizens, leaving Hong Kong permanently is not an easy decision. They feel it’s a different set of circumstances from the past in 1989 and 1997. While people were concerned about Hong Kong’s future at those ...