Jul 30 Watch 6:47 Former Hong Kong bookstore begins new chapter in upstate New York By Christopher Booker, Maea Lenei Buhre, Mary Fecteau From 2021 to 2022, Hong Kong experienced its biggest population drop since record-keeping began more than 60 years ago. Tens of thousands left because of strict COVID-19 policies and a crackdown on civil liberties by Beijing. Special correspondent Christopher Booker… Continue watching
Jun 04 WATCH: House Speaker Jeffries and Pelosi mark 35th anniversary of Tiananmen Square crackdown By Ken Moritsugu, Kanis Leung, Associated Press China has long quashed any public memory of the military crackdown on months-long protests at the heart of its capital. Hundreds, if not thousands, are believed to have been killed in an overnight operation that ended on June 4, 1989. Continue reading
Jun 04 China and Hong Kong dominated by heavy security on 35th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown By Ken Moritsugu, Kanis Leung, Associated Press Tiananmen memorials have also been scrubbed out in Hong Kong — for years the only place in China where they could take place. Continue reading
Jun 03 After Hong Kong crackdown, overseas tributes help keep Tiananmen memories alive By Kanis Leung, Tian Mcleod Ji, Associated Press In Hong Kong, once a beacon of commemorative freedom, the massive June 4 annual vigil that mourned the victims for decades has vanished, a casualty of the city’s clampdown on dissidents following huge anti-government protests in 2019. Continue reading
May 08 Protest song ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ now banned in city after appeals court overturns ruling By Kanis Leung, Associated Press "Glory to Hong Kong" was often sung by demonstrators during the huge anti-government protests in 2019. The song was later mistakenly played as the city's anthem at international sporting events, instead of China's "March of the Volunteers," in mix-ups that… Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch 9:54 China tightens grip on Hong Kong with passage of strict law punishing dissent By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrián Aranda, Zeba Warsi China criticized the West for questioning Hong Kong's new national security law. The once mostly autonomous city is now led by legislators entirely handpicked by Beijing and critics say Article 23 is a death blow to whatever independence the city… Continue watching
Mar 19 How Hong Kong’s new security law could impact different communities By Kanis Leung, Associated Press While the offenses outlined in the new law pertain to acts conducted without lawful authority, there is anxiety that the law may create gray areas. Continue reading
Mar 07 Hong Kong proposes life sentences for treason and insurrection in new national security bill By Kanis Leung, Zen Soo, Associated Press The proposed law unveiled Friday deepens worries over further erosion of the city's freedoms after Beijing imposed a similar law four years ago that all but wiped out dissent. Continue reading
Dec 29 Hong Kong activist flees country, seeks political asylum in Britain By Kanis Leung, Associated Press Tony Chung was among the first people convicted under the Beijing-imposed law introduced after the 2019 pro-democracy protests. Continue reading
Dec 18 In Hong Kong, national security trial opens for prominent publisher Jimmy Lai By Kanis Leung, Associated Press The 76-year-old Lai was arrested in August 2020 during a crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement under the sweeping national security law enacted following huge protests four years ago. Continue reading