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Hong Kong Democratic Party Vice-Chairman Lee Wing-tat Has Fled to the U.K. Amid Government Crackdown
The vice-chairman of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party Lee Wing-tat (李永達) has reportedly left Hong Kong for London amid an ongoing government crackdown on the city’s freedoms, local media report. Yesterday (August 6), Lee Wing-tat was seen with his wife Josephine Chan Shu-ying (陳樹英) at Hong Kong airport. He later boarded…
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Taiwanese Celebrity ‘Little S’ Denies Supporting Taiwan Independence After Being Trolled by Chinese Netizens
On August 1, Taiwanese singer and TV host Dee Hsu (徐熙娣) – also known as “Little S” – drew the ire of Chinese netizens after she referred to Taiwan’s Olympic athletes as “national competitors”. The entertainer wrote on Instagram that she would like to invite to dinner the “national competitors”…
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Canada Issues Travel Warning for Hong Kong Over Law Barring People From Leaving Territory
On April 28 the Hong Kong government passed an Immigration Amendment Bill that allows the Secretary for Security to bar a passenger or a member of the crew from boarding a carrier. Critics argue that the new law amendment is excessively broad and vague, and that it empowers the government…
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German Table Tennis Player Ovtcharov Calls Taiwan ‘China’s Taipei’ on Weibo, is Praised by Chinese Fans
On August 3 Germany’s table tennis team defeated Taiwan in the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Olympics. Today (August 4) one of the members of the German team, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, put out a statement on China’s micro-blogging platform Weibo, calling Taiwan “China’s Taipei”. Chinese Weibo users praised Ovtcharov for his choice…
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Chinese Badminton Player Li Junhui Congratulates ’China’s Taipei Team’ After Losing Olympic Gold to Taiwan Men’s Duo
On July 31 Taiwan’s badminton duo Li Yang (李洋) and Wang Ch’i-lin (王齊麟) won the country’s first Olympic gold after defeating China’s Liu Yuchen (刘雨辰) and Li Junhui (李俊慧). Li Junhui later issued a statement on China’s micro-blogging platform Weibo claiming that Taiwan’s victory was also a victory for China.…
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Hong Kong Police Arrests Man for Booing Chinese National Anthem
The Hong Kong police has arrested a 40-year-old man for booing the Chinese national anthem at a shopping mall during a live broadcast of the Olympics. On July 30 Chong Lai-yee (鍾麗詒), senior superintendent at the Hong Kong police’s Kowloon East regional headquarters, stated that a 40-year-old man was arrested…
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Conservative German Newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Publishes Full-Page Ad Celebrating Chinese Communist Party
On July 29, the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) published a full-page advertisement celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The FAZ is an influential liberal-conservative newspaper of record, founded in West Germany in 1949. The ad begins with a reference to Hans Müller, a German-born…
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Meets Taliban Delegation in Tianjin
Today (July 28) a delegation of Taliban met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (王毅) in Tianjin. According to Chinese government news outlet Global Times, Wang Yi held talks with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, a co-founder of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the former deputy of Mullah Mohammed Omar. Baradar…
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Hong Kong Journalist Who Filmed July 1 Knife Attack Against Police Officer Ordered to Surrender Passport
On July 1, a 50-year-old man stabbed a police officer in the back and then committed suicide in Hong Kong’s bustling Causeway Bay district. The assailant left a suicide note criticizing the National Security Law (NSL), which was imposed on Hong Kong in June 2020 by the Chinese Communist Party-controlled…
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Foreign Journalists Harassed in China While Reporting on Henan Floods
On July 17 severe flooding hit China’s Henan province, killing at least 58 people and displacing around 250,000. As rescue efforts are underway, reporters for foreign media outlets were harassed by hostile crowds who accused them of slandering China. Alice Su, Beijing Bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, wrote…
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Hong Kong – 129 Civil Servants Refused to Sign Declaration of Allegiance, 70 Resigned
Over a hundred Hong Kong civil servants have refused to sign a declaration of allegiance to the government, local media reported. According to Sing Tao Daily, on July 24 the Hong Kong Secretary for the Civil Service, Patrick Nip Tak-kuen (聶德權), said during an interview with public broadcaster RTHK that…
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Hong Kong TV Host Tsang Chi-ho Announces Move to Taiwan After China’s Regime Imposed National Security Law
Popular Hong Kong radio and television host Tsang Chi-ho (曾志豪) has fled to Taiwan amid the ongoing crackdown on freedom of speech and of the press in the former British colony. On July 11, Tsang published a post on his Facebook page announcing that he had moved to Taiwan. “Hi…
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Chinese Internet Companies Must ‘Defend Socialism’, Say Chinese State Media
On July 10, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) news outlet Global Times published an article warning Chinese internet companies that they must “defend our national system of government of socialism with Chinese characteristics.” The piece was published on the same day the Chinese government announced new rules that require “all…
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Hong Kong Actor Jackie Chan Says He Wants to Join the Chinese Communist Party
In 1989, Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan performed at a pro-democracy concert in support of the student protests in Tiananmen Square. But after Hong Kong was handed over to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1997, he soon conveniently discovered his love for the Communist Party. On July 9,…
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Hong Kong People Should Have Not Only ‘a Chinese Face,’ But Also ‘a Chinese Heart’, Says Senior Chinese Official
On July 10 a senior Chinese official argued that Hong Kong’s education system should not cultivate people who have “a Chinese face, but not a Chinese heart.” The remarks were made at the “Forum on Hong Kong’s Patriotic Education” (香港愛國主義教育高峰論壇) held on Saturday in the former British colony. The event…
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A Week After Xi Jinping’s ‘Wall of Steel’ Speech, Progressive Groups Urge Biden to End ‘Cold War’ with China’s Regime, Cooperate on Climate Change
On July 7, a coalition of 48 progressive groups sent a letter to President Joe Biden and the US Congress, urging the administration to end the new ‘Cold War’ with China and to cooperate with the Chinese authorities to tackle the climate crisis. “[W]e are deeply troubled by the growing…
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China’s Government Launches Research Centre on ‘Xi Jinping Economic Thought’
The government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has launched a new research institution aimed at studying and disseminating the economic thought of Chinese leader Xi Jinping. According to state news agency Xinhua, the “Xi Jinping Economic Thought Research Centre” (习近平经济思想研究中心) was inaugurated on July 5, when the National…
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China’s Senior Official Says Hong Kong’s Laws Must Be ‘Decolonized’
A senior Chinese officials said that Hong Kong’s laws must be ‘decolonized’ during a speech at the National Security Law Legal Forum (香港國安法法律論壇) on Monday (July 5). The Forum, attended by high-ranking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials, marked the first anniversary since the introduction of the National Security Law (NSL).…
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Xi Jinping Lays Out Totalitarian Vision For China on Communist Party’s 100th Anniversary
On July 1, the leader of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Xi Jinping gave a speech before a crowd of 70,000 in Tiananmen Square in Beijing to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Xi laid out a totalitarian vision for the country,…
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Chinese Embassy in the UK Falsely Claims Hong Kong Enjoys ‘Unprecedented Freedoms’
On June 30 the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom Dominic Raab put out a tweet criticizing the human rights situation in Hong Kong since the introduction of the National Security Law (NSL) last year. “Today marks one year since the National Security Law was imposed on Hong Kong,” Raab…
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Hong Kong Movie Star Jackie Chan and Taiwanese Singer Chang Shaohan Performed in Chinese Communist Party’s 100th Anniversary Propaganda Opera
On June 28, Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan and Taiwanese singer Chang Shaohan (張韶涵, also known as Angela Chang), performed in an epic opera that celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The play, titled “The Great Journey” (伟大征程), was performed at Beijing…
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On Eve of Its 100th Anniversary China’s Communist Party Whitewashes History, Glorifies 1989 Tiananmen Square Crackdown
On the eve of the 100th anniversary of its founding on July 1, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seeks to write its own version of history. On June 28, the Chinese government news agency Xinhua released a brief official history of the CCP titled “Chronicle of 100 years of the…
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Taiwan Representative Expelled from Macau After Refusing to Sign “One-China” Statement
Taiwan’s chief representative in Macau has been expelled from the former Portuguese colony following his refusal to sign a “One-China” statement. On Monday (June 28) Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council stated that the head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Macau, Ch’en Chia-hung (陳佳鴻), was forced to leave…
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Apple Daily Editorial Writer Lo Fung Arrested at Hong Kong Airport on National Security Charges
On June 27 Lo Fung, former editorial writer of the pro-democracy news outlet Apple Daily, was arrested at Hong Kong airport on charges of collusion with foreign forces. Fung was about to board a flight to the United Kingdom when he was detained by police for allegedly “conspiring to collude…
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Hong Kong’s Neo-Democrats Announce Disbandment Citing Worsening Political Environment
On Saturday (June 26) Hong Kong’s pro-democracy party Neo-Democrats (新民主同盟) announced its disbandment, citing the worsening political environment under the National Security Law (NSL). In a Facebook post, the group said that Hong Kong has undergone drastic changes over the past two years and the political environment now is much…
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China’s Regime Criticizes “Western Colonialism” as it backs Argentina’s Territorial Claim over the Falkland Islands
The government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has voiced its support for Argentina’s claims over the Falkland Islands amid a diplomatic spat with the United Kingdom. On June 24 Geng Shuang (耿爽), the PRC’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, said during a press conference that the…
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Chinese Diplomat Gives Middle Finger to China’s “Enemies”
On June 24 Zhang Heqing (张和清), cultural counselor at the embassy of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to Pakistan, literally gave the middle finger to countries that he described as China’s “enemies”. “The way we treat our friends, and the way we deal with enemies,” Zhang wrote in a…
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Apple Daily Taiwan Says it Will Continue to Publish Despite Shutdown of Hong Kong’s Edition
On June 23, the pro-democracy news outlet Apple Daily Hong Kong shut down after 26 years due to its inability to pay staff after the Hong Kong government froze the company’s assets. Since the passing of the National Security Law (NSL) in June of last year, Apple Daily’s parent company…
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Hong Kong Police Arrest Man for Hanging Pro-Democracy Banner from His Apartment Window
On June 21, Hong Kong police arrested a man for hanging a pro-democracy banner on the laundry rack outside his apartment window. The 40-year-old man had hung a banner with the slogan “Free Hong Kong, Revolution Now” (光復香港 時代革命) on the laundry rack outside the window of his apartment on…
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Chinese State Media Launch Edgar Snow Newsroom to Spread Communist Party Propaganda Through Foreigners
On October 1, 1970, Edgar Snow sat on the balcony of Tiananmen Square alongside Mao Zedong and other prominent Chinese Communist leaders as tens of thousands of people paraded in front of the main gate to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Snow was the…
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