Wen Wei Po, a CCP mouthpiece in Hong Kong, published on July 10 an interview with Tse Chin-wan, Secretary for Environment and Ecology, in which Tse talked about a “national security loophole” and accused unnamed local environmental groups of “disregarding the law” in the past and they may have used funds for causes disapproved of…
A National Security Law Report is Released: Freedom Fighters Needed to Help Hong Kong
A National Security Law Research Report was released in Taiwan on June 30, a day before the anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China. The report was conducted by an anonymous Hong Kong research team. Three review mechanisms were used as an analytical framework to study five areas in Hong Kong which have been impacted…
Beijing’s Targeting of Overseas Activists Has Major Implications for Canada
Commentary Canada is seen by many as a refuge. A refuge for those escaping regimes where their opinions or missions are seen as inconsistent with the types of societies those regimes try to impose on their populations. In these nations, there is one way, and only one way, of doing things. You either acquiesce or…
Hong Kong’s Latest Nurse Attrition Rate Stands at 10.9%
At the Hong Kong Hospital Authority (HA) meeting on June 29, Chairperson Fan Hong-ling gave an update to the media on the latest loss of medical care personnel. He pointed out that as of the end of April, the attrition situation of doctors has improved slightly, with a net increase of 79 full-time doctors in…
REPLAY: 3rd Anniversary of Hong Kong National Security Law — A Hudson Institute Event
Hudson Institute China Center Director Miles Yu holds a conversation with Hong Kong Watch co-founder and Chief Executive Benedict Rogers at 9:00 a.m. ET on June 30 to mark the third anniversary of Hong Kong’s 2020 national security law. …
3rd Anniversary of Hong Kong National Security Law — A Hudson Institute Event
Hudson Institute China Center Director Miles Yu holds a conversation with Hong Kong Watch co-founder and Chief Executive Benedict Rogers at 9:00 a.m. ET on June 30 to mark the third anniversary of Hong Kong’s 2020 national security law. …
Hong Kong’s Freedom of the Press Eroded After Enactment of National Security Law: Report
On June 14, the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford released its Digital News Report 2023. The report pointed out that after the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law (NSL), Hong Kong’s press freedom continued to be eroded, and the ranking of press freedom dropped significantly. The…
Hong Kong Tycoon Jimmy Lai Loses Appeal Against Phone Search
HONG KONG—A Hong Kong appeal court on Monday blocked jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s bid to challenge in the city’s highest court a warrant obtained by national security police to scrutinize the contents of his mobile phones. Lai, 75, is the founder of the now shut pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and is due to face…
US Citizen and Pro-Beijing Overseas Chinese Leader Sentenced to Life in Prison in China
John Shing-Wan Leung, a U.S. citizen and Hong Kong resident, was sentenced to life in prison on espionage charges on May 15 by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. According to public information, the 78-year-old Leung, a pro-CCP overseas Chinese leader in Texas, served as president of the China Council for the…
CECC Conducts Hearing on Hong Kong Political Prisoners, 75-Year-Old Jimmy Lai Might Spend Life In Jail Under Regime’s Law
On May 11, the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) conducted a hearing on political prisoners and the rule of law in Hong Kong. Sebastien Lai expressed his concern that his father, former Founder, and CEO of now-defunct Next Media Group and pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, would likely spend the rest of…
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