Hong Kong Tag

Hong Kong Court Sentences Pro-Democracy Publisher Jimmy Lai to 20 Years in Prison

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 09, 2026 5 Comments

The judges determined that Lai deserved the harsh sentence "because he was 'no doubt the mastermind' of the conspiracies he was convicted of orchestrating."...

Walz Lied About Being in Hong Kong During Tiananmen Square Massacre

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 30, 2024 53 Comments

Walz was in Nebraska. He didn't leave for China until August of 1989....

Disney Pulls Simpsons Episode in Hong Kong Due to Line About China’s ‘Forced Labor Camps’

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 07, 2023 12 Comments

In November 2021, Disney+ removed the sixth episode in The Simpsons' 16th season because of a reference to Tiananmen Square....

China Threatens to Deal a “Head-on Blow” to U.S. Over Sanctions on Chinese Officials

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on July 18, 2021 35 Comments

U.S. Treasury blacklists seven Chinese officials under Trump-era Hong Kong Autonomy Act....

Hong Kong Monitors Chinese Nuclear Plant after Leak Reported

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 16, 2021 7 Comments

Operators say nuclear plant is fixing a 'performance issue'....

Hong Kong: Thousands of Demonstrators Mark Tiananmen Massacre Anniversary, Defy Communist Crack Down

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on June 05, 2021 7 Comments

"Thousands in Hong Kong Defy Police Ban to Remember Tiananmen Victims."...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U7XPn7TOk0

China Rushes to Crush Pro-Democracy Movement in Hong Kong

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on February 26, 2021 19 Comments

According to a report published in the Wall Street Journal, China's police repression and the new draconian laws are succeeding in crushing the pro-democracy aspirations in Hong Kong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqtgW-S-ORc

Hong Kong Arrests 53 Opposition Activists, Including U.S. Lawyer, Under New Security Law

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 06, 2021 9 Comments

Hong Kong police arrested 53 former lawmakers and democracy activists under the security law imposed by Beijing six months ago. Nearly all of those arrested ran in Hong Kong's legislative council elections in 2020. Others include academics and U.S. lawyer John Clancey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi03EjUxxpc

Hunter Biden Pursued ‘Lasting and Lucrative’ Deals With Chinese Private Energy

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 15, 2020 32 Comments

The New York Post keeps rolling out the Hunter Biden emails! I wonder if Twitter and Facebook will block the latest article. Emails show that Hunter wanted to have "lasting and lucrative" deals with the top Chinese private energy company, which would bring in tens of millions for his family.

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Hong Kong man reported to be ‘first case’ of Coronavirus reinfection

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 25, 2020 22 Comments

Hong Kong scientists report that a healthy man in his 30s has become reinfected with Wuhan Coronavirus four and a half months after his first bout.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dqXL-WShT4&t

Beijing Enraged Over Proposed U.S. Visa Ban On All Chinese Communist Party Members

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on July 18, 2020 32 Comments

Beijing is angered over a proposed U.S. travel ban on all Chinese Communist Party members. Washington's decision to blacklist millions of card-carrying Communists will be an 'affront' to China, Chinese media reported citing country's Foreign Ministry.

China to Set Up ‘National Security Bureau’ to Crush Dissent in Hong Kong

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on June 21, 2020 11 Comments

Communist China is setting up a new security apparatus in Hong Kong to crush the pro-democracy movement, Chinese state media on Saturday revealed. The planned "special bureau" will "investigate and prosecute crimes considered threatening to national security," the Associated Press reported.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtclpjNaAQI

Pompeo: Hong Kong No Longer Autonomous From Communist China

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on May 28, 2020 12 Comments

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has notified Congress that the United States no longer considers Hong Kong autonomous from Communist China, paving the way for Washington to revoke the specialized trade and financial status it enjoys since coming under Beijing's rule in 1997.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABM4YeVkCJQ

Pompeo Blasts China: ‘Respect Hong Kong’s High Degree of Autonomy, Democratic Institutions, and Civil Liberties’

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 22, 2020 10 Comments

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lashed out at China over the communist party's attempt to "impose national security legislation on Hong Kong." This legislation would "ban all seditious activities in" Hong Kong.

Hong Kong: Hundreds Arrested As Pro-Democracy Movement Returns After Coronavirus Outbreak

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on May 13, 2020 6 Comments

Pro-democracy demonstrations have returned to Hong Kong as coronavirus lockdown phases out. A big anti-government protest took place at a popular shopping mall on Sunday, where hundreds of riot police showed up to clamp down the protest. The police arrested more than 250 protesters over the weekend, the Hong Kong-based newspaper South China Morning Post reported.

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So far, pro-democracy candidates have won 269 out of 452 seats in 18 district council races, while pro-Beijing forces, who previously held 73 percent of the seats, have only won 30. Voters came out in droves -- with a 71 percent turnout -- up from 47 percent four years ago in the same elections, according to the Electoral Affairs Commission.

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