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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 ...
Academic freedom in Hong Kong has severely declined since the Chinese government imposed the draconian National Security Law on the city on June 30, 2020, Human Rights Watch and Hong Kong ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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).
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." ...
When the people of Hong Kong choose freedom and the central government desires autocracy, this week’s proceedings demonstrate conclusively that Beijing gets its way. Second, the prosecution of ...
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 ...
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.
While outright censorship is still rare, subtler forms of control and coercion have severely restricted academic freedom in Hong Kong. By Carsten A. Holz January 27, 2022 ...
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 ...