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.
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Moody’s downgrades Hong Kong credit rating outlook to negative, gov’t disagrees
Hong Kong, China Ratings agency Moody’s downgraded its outlook on Hong Kong’s credit rating to negative from stable on Wednesday, following a similar change for China the day before. The city’s economy was buoyed by China’s post-pandemic reopening but recovery has slowed in the second half of the year, with the government revising full-year growth estimates…
Self-exiled activist Agnes Chow says she can never return to Hong Kong as nat. sec. police condemn her for ‘challenging rule of law’
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow, who on Sunday revealed she had moved to Canada, has appeared on Japanese television to discuss her decision to leave Hong Kong, as national security police issued a statement condemning “someone’s recent claim of jumping Police bail.” Speaking to TV Tokyo on Monday, Chow, 27, said in Japanese: “In…
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If computer games are making Hong Kong kids miserable, make the real world a more attractive place to live
Hong Kong kids are not happy. This distressing conclusion was a by-product of a survey conducted by the Hong Kong College of Technology Institute of Higher Education and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, aimed at discovering the extent of gaming disorder. Gaming disorder is apparently an unreasonable obsession with computer games. The researchers interviewed…
Hong Kong District Councils: Where has public opinion gone?
The government’s attempt to sell its makeover of Hong Kong’s district councils has been something of a revelation. From the Legislative Council (LegCo) brief – there is no consultation document for the two-week consultation, now nearly over – and the comments of our political elite at press conferences, on the radio and in the media,…