Last month, the Chinese government decided to unilaterally insert national security law into Hong Kong’s Basic Law, bypassing our own legislature. The draft version has been approved by the National People’s Congress and Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam, who said she will cooperate when the competed version is prepared. This act by China is, […]
Author Archives: Yan Sham-Shackleton
Yan Sham-Shackleton has written for SCMP, BC Magazine, HK Magazine, PopMatters, hongkong.com and china.com. Her previous blog, Glutter, was nominated for a free speech award by Reporters Without Borders for her writings regarding democracy in Hong Kong and China. Some of her art, theatre and written works are archived in NYU Library’s Riot Grrrls Collection and Glasgow Women’s Library. Her fiction has appeared in journals around the world. She is nearly finished with her novel set during the 1997 handover of Hong Kong.
