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Forget daylight saving time; in Hong Kong (where they haven't used it in a very long while) it's not an hour early, but 23 years in the future, having already reached 2047. That is the year when ...
On Wednesday this week, Beijing archbishop and president of the state-sponsored Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA), Bishop Joseph Li Shan, will begin a rare five-day visit to Hong Kong at ...
Veteran investigative journalist Bao Choy won her appeal in Hong Kong two years after she was found guilty of deceiving the government during her work on “7.21 Who Owns The Truth." ...
With the passage of a new security law in 2020, the Chinese government gained more power to suppress pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, which the regime viewed as a direct threat to its power.
A Hong Kong flag on a vessel at Victoria Harbour, Aug. 30. Photo: tyrone siu/Reuters We strongly oppose your editorial “ Hong Kong Convicts Two Editors ” (Sept. 3).
Hong Kong Pastor Wong Siu-yung is one of them—first heading to Taiwan then making his way to the U.K.—after publicly signing the 2020 Hong Kong Gospel Declaration, which called the church to ...
In 2021, and before the closures of pro-democracy media outlets, Hong Kong was ranked 80th for media freedom in the world. The 2021 World Press Freedom Index named the national security laws as a ...
Hong Kong’s fresh wave of civil disobedience began with a murder. In February 2018, a pregnant 20-year-old woman from Hong Kong was killed by her boyfriend during a trip to Taiwan.
HONG KONG (Reuters) - About 1,000 students and staff at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) held a silent protest on Tuesday against what they say is Beijing's interference in academic freedom.
Hong Kong’s once-vibrant academic environment, known for its commitment to free thought, critical discourse, and intellectual inquiry, has experienced a troubling erosion of academic freedom in recent ...
Regarding your editorial “Hong Kong’s Coming Religious Crackdown” (July 13): Any suggestion that religious freedom is under threat in Hong Kong is contrary to the facts. Freedoms of religion ...