A Hong Kong virologist now living in the United States told Fox News in an interview Monday that lives were lost because the Chinese communist regime censored her findings surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.
Hong Kong’s Beijing-controlled chief executive Carrie Lam said on Monday that the hugely successful primary held over the weekend for pro-democracy legislative candidates might have violated the “national security” law China imposed on Hong Kong at the beginning of July.
Police charged 13 leading Hong Kong democracy activists on Monday with “holding an unauthorized gathering” to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre last month, Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) reported.
Over 600,000 votes were cast in Hong Kong primary elections for pro-democracy candidates over the weekend, a turnout over three times as large as expected, given the climate of repression on the island after Beijing imposed a “national security” law that effectively criminalized political opposition. Organizers of the opposition primary hailed the turnout as a “miracle” of defiance.
HONG KONG (AP) — For the second time this year, Hong Kong Disneyland Park is closing temporarily following the city’s decision to ban public gatherings of more than four people because of the coronavirus pandemic, Disney officials said Monday.
ESPN has reportedly suspended one of their reporters for a profane response to an email from U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R, MO)
SYDNEY (AP) – The Australian government says it will offer around 10,000 Hong Kong passport holders currently living in Australia a chance to apply for permanent residence once their current visas expire.
The Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) reported on Friday that streaming giant Netflix has decided not to “proactively” censor a documentary about Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong, despite concerns it might be ruled “subversive” under the totalitarian security law Beijing has imposed on the island.
Prominent Hong Kong freedom activist Joshua Wong on Friday branded “a really big slap in the face” an email from ESPN NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski to Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), that read simply, “Fuck you.”
Chinese Foreign Minister Zhao Lijian denied allegations Thursday that Beijing had “pressured” Pope Francis into not speaking about freedom and human rights in Hong Kong during his Angelus message last Sunday.
China’s state-run Global Times reported approvingly on Thursday that Hong Kong has been forced to suppress countless movies, television shows, books, and online posts that could violate the new security law imposed by Beijing because the material could be judged to “threaten” Communist China, and those who display or sell the “threatening” material could be held legally liable.
Students in Hong Kong schools are not allowed to “play, sing, or broadcast” the pro-democracy protest anthem Glory to Hong Kong on campuses, the city’s education secretary said on Wednesday, Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) reported.
The Hong Kong government — a puppet of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) — has hired an anti-Brexit strategist in an effort to revive its dwindling global reputation after the imposition of a draconian national security law which stripped the city of its freedoms and autonomy.
Australia’s offer Thursday of permanent residency for thousands of Hong Kong residents seeking to escape Chinese Communist oppression drew a furious reply from Beijing.
The TikTok messaging platform has been frantically trying to convince the rest of the world – including boycott-minded Indians and possibly ban-minded American officials – that it’s not a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) company, but rather a fully private and independent company that just happens to be headquartered in Beijing until it can find somewhere else to live. The CCP did the company no favors on Wednesday by running a state media editorial brimming with nationalist pride for the popular “Chinese short-video sharing app.”
Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Square museum is scrambling to digitize its collection as the city’s new national security crackdown spells uncertainty for the unsanctioned site, Reuters reported on Monday.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Evening Edit,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-TX) stated that Taiwan is on the Chinese Communist Party’s “road map” and he believes that the CCP’s actions towards Taiwan “will be done in a similar way” to what they are doing in Hong Kong.
The much-feared purge of dissident material from Hong Kong’s libraries and schools is underway only a week after Beijing imposed a sweeping “national security law” on the island, bypassing its legislature and legal system.
Hong Kong police collected DNA samples from people arrested on suspicion of violating the city’s new national security law last week, the Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) reported on Monday.
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) garrison in Hong Kong released a video showing troops launching hand grenades and firing live rounds from rifles and pistols in the latest drill publicized by the garrison since the city’s new national security law took effect last week, local newspaper Apple Daily reported on Monday.
The popular video app TikTok announced on Monday it will leave the Hong Kong market in the coming days following China’s imposition of a new “national security” law severely limiting the city’s freedoms.
ROME — Pope Francis decided at the last minute to pull a section of his weekly Angelus address dealing with Hong Kong freedoms Sunday.
China’s handpicked Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam attempted to reassure residents on Tuesday that the draconian “national security” law Beijing enacted this month, which commands a minimum ten-year prison sentence for anti-government expression, is “relatively mild.”
Australia warned intending China travelers on Tuesday to think again, cautioning they may face “arbitrary detention” by the Communist regime if they proceed.
Cotton slammed the left in America for denouncing the United States while turning a blind eye to China’s myriad human rights violations.
Thousands of American troops currently stationed in Germany are expected to redeploy to the Indo-Pacific theater as the U.S. shifts its geopolitical focus to China, the Nikkei Asian Review reported on Sunday.
The encrypted messaging service Telegram said on Sunday that it will temporarily refuse user data requests from Hong Kong courts due to the turmoil from the national security law imposed by Beijing.
The Silicon Valley Masters of the Universe are seeing their supposed dedication to free speech put to the test in Hong Kong where new Chinese national security laws mean authorities can ask companies to delete users or their content as they see fit.
The head of one of the country’s largest Indian-American groups told Breitbart News on Monday that “made in America” should be a pivotal part of a growing movement for independence from the Chinese economy, a movement that Indian and Tibetan activists rallied for in Times Square, New York, this weekend.
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” White House Trade Adviser Peter Navarro stated that China is absorbing Hong Kong “into what is effectively a great firewall concentration camp,” is attacking American independence with the division
The leader of Italy’s leading party declared Friday that China’s communist regime has nothing in common with Italian democracy, while condemning Italy’s official silence on Beijing’s crackdown on Hong Kong.
Foreign corporations in Hong Kong are nervously considering their options after the passage of Beijing’s totalitarian “national security law” with several already closing their local offices.
A pro-China lawmaker in Hong Kong suggested placing CCTV cameras inside schools on Friday to ensure teachers are not making subversive remarks in lessons.
Chinese state media on Friday celebrated support for “more than 70 countries” for its brutal crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong… a number that includes such global titans of human rights as North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba, and Afghanistan.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given his clearest signal yet that he would reconsider allowing Huawei to help build the UK’s 5G network after China launched an audacious power grab on Hong Kong.
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Global Times on Thursday accused critics around the world of overreacting to the national security law Beijing has imposed on Hong Kong, arguing that measures to curtail the speech and political activity of dangerous “separatists” are appropriate and fall in line with actions taken by other world governments.
Joe Biden claimed Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s “weak” stance on China empowered the communist nation to implement a crackdown on Hong Kong without fear of reprisal.
The redoubtable Cardinal Joseph Zen said this week that he is prepared to suffer arrest and trials under Hong Kong’s draconian new National Security Law.
China’s new “national security” law will be used to pressure businesses to accept Hong Kong as subordinate to Beijing, said Gordon Chang.
Police in Hong Kong detained a man on Wednesday for celebrating Liverpool Football Club’s first Premier Title in 30 years on the grounds that he was inciting independence from China, local media reported.
