Sep 12 Watch 7:02 Son of detained Hong Kong journalist Jimmy Lai on Beijing’s crackdown on speech By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi A Hong Kong court is set to deliver a verdict soon for democracy activist and media magnate Jimmy Lai, who has been detained for five years. He’s accused of sedition and collusion with foreign forces, but his supporters call the… Continue watching
Sep 09 Activists worked for years on a Hong Kong same-sex partnership bill, but a tough vote remains By Kanis Leung, Associated Press Hong Kong lawmakers are set to debate a government-proposed framework to recognize same-sex partnerships. Continue reading
Aug 04 Hong Kong bans financial support for 16 overseas activists and cancels passports By Kanis Leung, Associated Press Hong Kong authorities have strengthened a crackdown on 16 overseas-based activists who were previously targeted by bounties on suspicion of endangering national security. Continue reading
Jun 26 Top U.S. diplomat in Hong Kong criticizes the city and China for curtailing freedoms By Kanis Leung, Associated Press U.S. Consul General Gregory May, Hong Kong's top American diplomat, said Thursday that the policies of the Chinese and Hong Kong governments have curtailed freedoms, pointing to the case of jailed prominent activist Jimmy Lai and what he called “transnational regression."… Continue reading
May 27 Meet Jia Jia and De De, Hong Kong’s giant panda cubs By Kanis Leung, Associated Press The pandas' birth in August made their mother, Ying Ying, the world's oldest first-time panda mom. Continue reading
Mar 18 Hong Kong’s leader takes swipe at Trump but avoids criticism of deal to sell Panama assets By Kanis Leung, Associated Press Hong Kong’s leader says his government opposes coercion by foreign governments but stopped short of criticizing a prominent local conglomerate’s decision to sell its Panama Canal port assets to a consortium including American investment bank BlackRock. Continue reading
Nov 19 45 Hong Kong democracy activists get 4 to 10 years in prison under Beijing-imposed law By Kanis Leung, Zen Soo, Associated Press Forty-five ex-lawmakers and activists have been sentenced to four to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement. Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch 6:16 Son of jailed Hong Kong journalist Jimmy Lai rallies U.S. support in fight for his release By Nick Schifrin A group of U.S. lawmakers came together in a show of bipartisan support to call for the release of Hong Kong businessman Jimmy Lai. Lai, who owned the newspaper Apple Daily, is one of the hundreds of democracy activists, journalists… Continue watching
Sep 06 Nearly a million people flee as Typhoon Yagi makes landfall in China By Kanis Leung, Jim Gomez, Associated Press A powerful typhoon has made landfall on a Chinese holiday island after it swept south of Hong Kong, forcing many aspects of life in the region to a halt. Continue reading
Aug 29 Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists who openly criticized the government amid a crackdown on dissent By Kanis Leung, Associated Press A Hong Kong court has convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet in a sedition case widely seen as a barometer for the future of media freedoms in a city once hailed as a bastion of free press… Continue reading