Over Fifty Groups Gone in 11 Months – How Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Forces Crumbled
Decades-old and newer activist groups and unions formed in the wake of the 2014 Umbrella Movement or during the 2019 protests have folded. Many cited an inability to see a way forward in the current political climate.
Reporter Briefly Detained by Police During Tear Gas Protest Clearances Across Hong Kong
Elson Tong | Hong Kong Free Press A reporter was accused of assaulting a police officer and briefly detained during clearances of flash mob protests across Hong Kong on Monday night. The reporter, from the Chinese state-controlled Ta Kung Pao, was helping another injured journalist in Sham Shui Po when he was accused of pushing […]
Unrepentant Umbrella Movement Activist Tommy Cheung Says: People Know What Was Right and What Was Wrong
Kris Cheng | Hong Kong Free Press Although he faced up to seven years in prison when his verdict was handed down on Tuesday, democracy activist Tommy Cheung said his ordeal has been worthwhile for its impact on Hong Kong’s democracy movement. Cheung, 24, was one of the nine people who went on trial last […]
Nobel Peace Prize Nomination For Hong Kong Protest Leaders Angers Beijing
Lam Kwok-lap and Fok Leung-kiu | Radio Free Asia China’s foreign ministry hit out on Friday at the nomination of three former student leaders of Hong Kong’s 2014 pro-democracy movement for the Nobel Peace Prize, calling on member of the U.S. Congress to “stop meddling” in its internal affairs. Senator Marco Rubio and Representative Chris […]
Reading Xi Jinping’s Hong Kong Speeches
Larry Ong | Epoch Times Official speeches by Chinese officials are sleep-inducing stuff—until you get past the obligatory Communist Party rhetorical verbiage and sift out the new content. At first glance, Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s final speech at the end of his three-day Hong Kong visit, marking the 20th anniversary of the former British colony’s […]
Hong Kong’s Pan-Democrats to Boycott Chinese National Day Party
Lam Kwok-lap | Radio Free Asia Pan-democratic politicians in Hong Kong didn’t appear at official party in honor of China’s National Day on Saturday, they told Radio Free Asia (RFA). The city’s chief executive Leung Chun-ying invited 4,000 guests, including senior government officials and lawmakers, to join him for a reception marking the 67th anniversary […]
China Holds Activist Who Posted Umbrella Selfie on Tiananmen Square on June 4
<!–[CDATA[Yang Fan | Radio Free Asia Authorities in the Chinese capital are holding an activist on public order charges after he raised a black umbrella on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on the anniversary of the June 4, 1989 military crackdown on the student-led democracy movement, activists said. Du Yanlin, 52, who has worked for outspoken artist […]
Hong Kong Democracy Activist Calls China’s Communist Party an ‘Evil Empire’
<!–[CDATA[ Rampant mainland corruption endangers Hong Kong freedoms, says activist and money manager Edward Chin Valentin Schmid | Epoch Times When you fight for freedom, sacrifices have to be made. Even well-to-do hedge fund managers like Edward Chin of 2047 HK Monitor are not exempt. Since he and other Hong Kong finance figures threw their weight […]