Protests erupted in June 2019 across Hong Kong over a now-axed extradition bill. They escalated into sometimes violent displays of dissent against police behaviour, amid calls for democracy and anger over Beijing’s encroachment.
LATEST NEWS & VIEWS ON THE 2019 PROTEST MOVEMENT
Pandemic and politics leaves Hong Kong’s poor languishing
By Yan Zhao Squeezed into a tiny temporary apartment, Rainbow and her family struggle to make ends meet in Hong Kong, where the number of households in poverty has soared during recent political turmoil and the coronavirus pandemic. For much of the last year, Rainbow’s electrician husband left their 290 square-foot (27 square-meter) studio flat […]
Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam scraps policy address town hall meetings over ‘lone wolf’ attack fears
Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam has said she will not hold public town hall meetings ahead of her policy address in October due to security concerns, but will “do more” to speak to “various sectors” in the city. Her comments followed criticism of the leader and her officials for giving limited access to journalists and […]
COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS
Choice of an ex-policeman as Hong Kong’s number two signals Beijing’s nervousness in election year
The appointment of Secretary for Security John Lee as Chief Secretary for Administration, number two in the Hong Kong government, may be related to better preparing for upcoming elections which authorities apparently see as mainly a security issue. Voting for the election committee sub-sector will be held on September 19 and for the Legislative Council […]
Damp squib, not a smoking gun: how Hong Kong conspiracy theorists distorted a research project
Some time back in around 2015, five researchers from, respectively, Harvard, the London School of Economics, the University of New South Wales (disclosure: my alma mater), the University of Chicago and Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich got together. They were interested in the dynamics of political protest movements and directed their attention to Hong Kong. […]
FEATURES
Wikipedia wars: How Hongkongers and mainland Chinese are battling to set the narrative
As Hongkongers reckon with the closure of one of the city’s mainstream news outlets, drastic political changes and a sweeping national security law, the city’s keyboard warriors on Wikipedia are also coming under pressure. Battles between competing editors of the crowd-sourced encyclopaedia’s articles about Hong Kong political events have been a daily occurrence since the […]
Lifeline letters: the Hong Kong activists ensuring no jailed protester is forgotten
by Sebastian Skov Andersen and Thomas Chan The first thing District Councillor Fleco Mo does when he arrives at his office in the morning is to make a cup of coffee. The second thing he does is to find a pen and paper, then he sits down and writes long, uplifting letters. The address on […]
In Pictures: Tears and selfies at airport as Hongkongers bid a permanent farewell to troubled city
Close to 100 people queued up to check in for a flight to London on Tuesday evening, many carrying massive suitcases and the classic red-white-blue nylon bags. Once a symbol of mainland-Hong Kong travels in the days when people transported goods to China when they visited relatives, the checkered nylon bags now accompany families to […]
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FRONTLINE PHOTOGRAPHY
HKFP Lens: Hong Kong press group announces winners of news photo contest
The Hong Kong Press Photographers Association (HKPPA) announced the winners of its annual news photo contest “Focus at the Frontline” on Sunday. Ming Pao Weekly’s Tan Chi-wing won Photo of the Year award with a picture of the International Commerce Centre in West Kowloon, with what appeared to be stars projected on the building exterior, […]
HKFP Lens: Before and after – Hong Kong protest scenes one year on, Part 3
City-wide demonstrations erupted in 2019 over an ill-fated extradition bill in Hong Kong and developed into large-scale pro-democracy protests. HKFP commissioned United Social Press photojournalist Jimmy Lam to revisit protest sites where traces of clashes remain.
HKFP Lens: ‘The Nature of Water’ captures intense and intimate photojournalism from Hong Kong’s 2019 demos
The Nature of Water, a historic photojournalism and commentary book, captures the people, places and culture that shaped the 2019 anti-extradition law protests and the ultimate fate of Hong Kong. The title refers to the protesters’ self-proclaimed philosophy in the face of police action, inspired by the Bruce Lee quote – ”Be Water.” Over 50 photographers contributed to the book. “With intense and intimate photojournalism, protest artwork created by […]
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