Hong Kong
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Hong Kong police charged 13 people, including media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and former lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan for participating in, organizing and inciting others to participate in illegal assembly last year. The accused were summoned to appear before the court on Monday afternoon. People convicted of the offense of unlawful assembly could face up to…
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Two of the European Union’s most powerful individuals said Thursday that the 27-nation bloc will continue to discuss human rights and the rule of law with China after Beijing imposed a new security law on Hong Kong. But Ursula von der Leyen, who heads the EU’s executive commission, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel stopped short…
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The day before, China’s parliament overwhelmingly passed a resolution to draft a law on national security in Hong Kong that would outlaw secessionism in the territory and hefty fines or jail terms for those ridiculing China’s anthem among other things. The Chinese Foreign Ministry called on foreign nations on Friday to cease attempts at meddling…
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Hong Kong’s Airport Authority (AA) is applying disinfection technologies, including disinfection channels, antimicrobial coating and autonomous cleaning robots, at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) to protect passengers and airport staff from COVID-19 infection. HKIA is the world’s first airport where “CLeanTech”, a full-body disinfection channel facility, is trialed in live operation. Persons using the facility…
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Hong Kong authorities on Sunday barred residents of China’s Hubei province, the center of the coronavirus outbreak, from entering the city, in response to mounting pressure to enact preventative measures to contain the spreading epidemic. The ban includes those who have been in the province in the past 14 days but excludes Hong Kong citizens.…
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The Hong Kong police said on Monday night that they have successfully defused two homemade, remote-controlled bombs inside a school which were fully functional and could have caused multiple casualties. The police received tip-off at around 5:30 p.m. on Monday local time that two suspected bombs were found on the campus of Wah Yan College,…
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Carrie Lam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive, has asked police and protesters to embrace peace. “On the rally that happened on December the 8th, in general, it [was] peaceful and orderly,” Lam told reporters on Tuesday, noting that the government respects people’s rights to free and peaceful assembly. “Unfortunately, we still [saw]…
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China has banned U.S. warships and military aircraft from making stops in Hong Kong after Washington passed legislation supporting the territory’s pro-democracy protesters. “In response to the unreasonable behaviors of the U.S. side, the Chinese government decides to suspend the review of requests by U.S. military ships and aircraft to visit Hong Kong as of…
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China warned the United States on Thursday that it would take “firm counter measures” in response to U.S. legislation backing anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, and said attempts to interfere in the Chinese-ruled city were doomed to fail. U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law congressional legislation which supported the protesters, despite angry…
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In light of the recent violence, deaths and prolonged protests in Hong Kong, the legal aspect of “One Country, Two Systems” will eventually favor China — but, can the long awaited victory over Hong Kong wait until 2047? What happens to Hong Kong will largely depend on how China develops. The baseline scenario is that…
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When he left the house last week, Joseph, a 19-year-old Hong Kong college student, told his parents he was going to hang out with friends but that was a half-truth. In reality, Joseph was headed for the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where he and a group of hundreds of other young people barricaded themselves on…
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The United States is the world’s biggest source of instability and its politicians are going around the world baselessly smearing China, the Chinese government’s top diplomat said on Saturday in a stinging attack at a G20 meeting in Japan. Relations between the world’s two largest economies have nose-dived amid a bitter trade war – which…
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A number of protesters in Hong Kong have accidentally caught fire after throwing petrol bombs and molotov cocktails at police and security forces. Terrible scenes have been captured on video and mobile phones of demonstrators engulfed in flames, with other protesters desperately trying to extinguish the flames and help their fellow protesters. There has been…
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Government data released on Friday shows Hong Kong is now officially in recession. For the first time in 10 years, the economy of the dynamic independent province of China, is retreating. Plagued by violent protests and a searing trade war between China and the United States, Hong Kong has put in its worst quarter in…
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A Hong Kong police officer shot at masked protesters on Monday morning, hitting at least one in the torso, as anger sparked by the recent death of a student spilled into the rush hour commute. The shooting, which was broadcast live on Facebook, is the latest escalation in more than five months of seething pro-democracy…
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The US House of Representatives has passed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act that stipulates annual State Department reviews of the autonomy of Hong Kong, as well as other measures supporting demonstrators. “On one side, you have a repressive regime crushing democratic freedoms in Hong Kong. On the other, you have young people…
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