Covid-19: Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam slams ‘malicious’ rumours on Chinese vaccine purchases, says no politics involved
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam hit out on Tuesday at “malicious” rumours over the government’s purchase of a China-made coronavirus vaccine, saying its decisions were backed by science and directed by experts. Lam announced last week that Hong Kong would buy 7.5 million doses from mainland Chinese manufacturer Sinovac Biotech for its free mass […]
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A whole new Hong Kong: How Beijing put down a rebellion in its unruly southern border region
The central government in Beijing has improvised an interesting way of trying to manage its unruly southern border region. Attempting to subdue rebellions on the periphery of empire has been a challenge since ancient times, and the lessons have been handed down over the centuries. If allowed to grow unchecked, such rebellions can lead to […]
Free speech in Hong Kong is under threat as activist Tam Tak-chi awaits trial over slogans
By Lydia Wong and Thomas E. Kellogg Last week, Hong Kong took one step closer to its first criminal trial in decades for sedition. On December 3, Judge Stanley Chan announced that, as a judge designated to hear national security cases, he would hear the case against pro-democracy activist Tam Tak-chi. Judge Chan further decreed […]
Multinational banks should pay a price for helping Beijing suppress Hong Kong’s freedoms
By Joey Siu After former Hong Kong opposition lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung announced his self-exile on December 3, he found that at least five bank accounts with HSBC, Bank of China (Hong Kong) and Hang Seng Bank that belonged to him, his wife and his parents had been frozen. One day after the case was […]
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‘I need asylum’: Chinese political dissidents left in limbo in Taiwan
By Sally Jensen “I was beaten almost to death. I was burnt with cigarettes and had three teeth knocked out; I was cut with knives, given electric shocks. They punched my head and beat my temples so much I fainted twenty times. The food was bad too and gave some people stomach problems. They did […]
How Covid-19 curbs at Hong Kong public hospitals can be cruel for expectant mothers
Holly Wong was in her 35th week of pregnancy. As she looked back on the birth of her son, now aged two, she knew the labour would not be easy. “For my first child, I had a very long labour for three days and it got quite complicated. I wouldn’t have been able to do […]
Now streaming: An app guide to the unique wildlife in Hong Kong waterways
A newly-launched app will help nature-lovers identify dozens of species of wildlife in Hong Kong’s rivers and streams, including some unique to the city and some which are critically endangered . Developed by a group called Freshwater Collective, it will allow users to identify up to 138 species spread across six groups, including birds, fish, […]
Hong Kong medics disheartened by political pressure in hospitals are planning to leave the city
Paul and Kathy never imagined they would one day be studying late into the night, hours after their work shifts ended, to prepare to obtain medical qualifications overseas so they can leave Hong Kong for good. Even though he has long been qualified to practise as an emergency room doctor in Hong Kong, Paul has […]
One year on, the memory of Hong Kong PolyU’s protest battle is now under siege
By Sebastian Skov Andersen and Thomas Chan A year ago, at the campus turned fortress of the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong (PolyU), student protesters clashed for two weeks with riot police in a stand-off that made headlines worldwide. Thousands of young protesters, many under 18, barricaded themselves within the university’s walls surrounded by police […]
Interview: UK expert says Hong Kong police lost credibility during protests due to ‘completely inept’ decisions
Hong Kong police lost legitimacy during the 2019 protests due to “inept” decision-making by their commanders and a lack of coordination, British policing expert Clifford Stott told HKFP. His comments followed Tuesday’s publication of his report on the role police played in the radicalisation of last year’s pro-democracy movement. Stott, a professor in group psychology […]
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End of Hong Kong’s ‘one country, two systems’ poses fresh challenges for Joe Biden
By Niki JP Alsford Opposition is not welcome here. This was the clear message given to the people of Hong Kong following the expulsion of four MPs from the Hong Kong parliament on November 11 for their “unpatriotic” activities and “endangering national security”. The remaining 19 opposition MPs submitted their letters of resignation the following […]
