Perversely, the new regime in Hong Kong banned all traditional public commemorations of the June 4 Tiananmen Square Massacre. Nevertheless, the brave people of Hong Kong remain defiant and continue to hold their own candlelight vigils and commemorations. The Hong Kong government banned the 32nd anniversary of the June 4 commemoration arranged by the Hong ...
Why have Hong Kong people persisted in mourning June 4th for 32 years? Yuan Gongyi, a Hong Kong industrialist, said that the entire human race shares a universal value, and the maintenance of this value makes no distinction between races and national boundaries. Universal values have no borders or race Yuan Gongyi pointed out: “Anyone ...
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 ...
After the Hong Kong National Security Law was enacted, many countries opened their doors to citizens of Hong Kong. Elizabeth Ward, the Australian Consul-General in Hong Kong, said the Australian government, along with the UK and Canada, has also announced a policy that would allow citizens of Hong Kong, who currently reside in Australia, to ...
The political turmoil on the island of Hong Kong is getting more intense with time. In a new development that has caused a stir in international circles, the Hong Kong government expressed its disapproval of the usage of a British travel document. It asked as many as 14 countries not to accept the British National ...
China is making its stance on establishing total dominance over Hong Kong clear even though its muscle-flexing has raised eyebrows in global circles. The National People’s Congress (NPC) of China recently approved new rules that stop anyone from being a candidate in Hong Kong elections without the approval of a Beijing loyalist committee. This effectively ...
The Sino-British Joint Declaration signed on December 19, 1984, allowed Hong Kong to maintain its existing systems and lifestyle, which was ratified by Beijing and Britain in 1997, taking effect for the following 50 years until the year 2047. This included Hong Kong’s Legislative Council. However, before and predominantly since the start of the global ...
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. exited 2020 with a record annual loss of US$2.8 billion, as the Hong Kong flagship carrier suffered due to a sharp downturn in travel along with major restructuring costs. Cathay Pacific Chairman Patrick Healy described 2020 as “the most challenging 12 months of its more than 70-year history” as passenger revenues ...
Anthony Wong Chau-sang, born Anthony Perry and known professionally as Anthony Wong, is a British Hong Kong actor who is perhaps best known in the West for his roles in the 1992 action film Hard Boiled, the 2002 critically acclaimed film Infernal Affairs as General Yang, and in the 2008 Hollywood film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Wong is also ...
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