On the 25 anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China,  China Leader Xi Jinping was supposed to be spending time with all former chief executives during his two-day visit. However, Tung Chee-hwa, former chief executive and vice-chairman of the Communist rubber stamp legislature, has not appeared in public since July 2021. His disappearance causes speculations…

Hong Kong’s Chief Executive-designate John Lee Ka-chiu traveled to Beijing last week to receive his appointment from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Lee, the sole candidate in the election, garnered 99.16 percent of the delegates’ votes and was declared the sixth Chief Executive of Hong Kong. On May 30, Lee was awarded a certificate of…

The outcome of the May 8 Hong Kong chief executive election came as no surprise. Lee Ka-chiu, the only candidate chosen by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), was declared the winner after a staged performance under the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ constitution. Of the 1,461 eligible voters, 1,428 cast their ballots in the May 7…

John Lee Ka-chiu, the only candidate for Hong Kong’s next chief executive, revealed that he could only raise funds in cash due to U.S. sanctions, according to local media reports. Businesspeople interested in supporting Lee’s campaign were reportedly reluctant to donate using their real names for fear of becoming targets of further U.S. sanctions. The…