Tag: 2019 hong kong protests

“Yellow Economic Circle” in Hong Kong: Can it Survive?

The “Yellow economic circle” in Hong Kong is part of the social movement which was started three years ago. Along with the massive protests, people started to help each other by shopping wisely, based on the political standpoint of the shops, in order to break the monopoly of mainland Chinese enterprises. How can the shop…


June12, 3-Year Anniversary: Remembrance of Hongkongers’ Shattering Pain and Loss

Who would have thought that a long distance love-affair-turned-homicide would pull Hong Kong into the whirlpool of a perfect storm in 2018, amid the muddling of “One Country. Two Systems?” Revision of the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance tipped off a series of fierce protests, the city suddenly plunged into the biggest political and humanitarian crisis in…


Why do Leftist Media Lose Support in Hong Kong?

Commentary Businessman Herbert Chow Siu-lung, founder and CEO of Chickeeduck, who was harassed by reporters from leftist media Wen Wei Po and Ta Kung Pao at the Hong Kong airport when he was about to depart, told Vision Times: “We should find a way to punish Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po. They are…


American Lawyer Appeals to Hong Kong’s Top Court After Serving Jail Time and Deportation

An American corporate lawyer who was deported from Hong Kong after serving prison time for assaulting a plainclothes police officer during the 2019 protests said he has applied to the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal to continue challenging his conviction. Samuel Phillip Bickett, 38, a former compliance director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch,…


U.S. Sanctions Sought Against Present, Past Members of CCP National Congress

All present and former members of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) National Congress, as well as all of their adult relatives, would be barred from entering the United States, or owning property here, under new sanctions sought by 19 House Republicans. “This collection of individuals are some of the world’s worst human rights offenders and…


US Sanctions Sought Against Present, Past Members of CCP National Congress

All present and former members of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) National Congress, as well as all of their adult relatives, would be barred from entering the United States or owning property in the country under new sanctions sought by 19 House Republicans. “This collection of individuals are some of the world’s worst human rights…


South Korea’s New Opposition Party Leader Rips The CCP On Human Rights

On July 12, Lee Jun-seok, South Korea’s largest opposition party leader, met with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming in the National Assembly to convey his concerns about Hong Kong’s human rights issues. For a long time, both conservative and liberal politicians in South Korea have kept silent on CCP’s…


Chinese-Belizean Businessman Sentenced for Funding Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protests

On April 14, Chinese-Belizean businessman Henley Lee confessed on China’s state-run CCTV that he funded Hong Kong pro-democracy protests. Lee had already been sentenced to 11 years in prison on April 2. Formerly known as Li Huxiang, Lee was born in Shanghai and became a citizen of Belize several years ago. He previously served as…


Chinese-Belizean Businessman Sentenced in China for Funding Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protests

On April 14, Chinese-Belizean businessman Henley Lee apparently confessed on China’s state-run CCTV that he funded Hong Kong pro-democracy protests. Ten days earlier, Lee had been sentenced to 11 years in prison. Formerly known as Li Huxiang, Lee was born in Shanghai and became a citizen of Belize several years ago. He previously served as…


The West Should Learn From Hong Kong’s ‘Painful Lessons’ With the CCP: HK Lawmaker in Exile

Self-exiled former Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui has warned that Western nations need to heed the lessons of Beijing’s takeover of the city, saying despite the many extensive trade ties to China, democratic nations had to see through the façade and take firmer action against the tyrannical regime. Motivated by a desire for Hong Kongers…