The United Nations Human Rights Committee has issued a warning about the deteriorating human rights situation in Hong Kong and urged the Hong Kong government to abolish the NSL, and released all the dissidents who participated in the demonstration in 2019. The Hong Kong government is a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and…
UN Human Rights Committee Urges Hong Kong to Abolish National Security Law
PREMIERING 7:30 PM ET: The China Model Delusion and the West’s Useful Idiots—Former Apple Daily Columnist Simon Lee
August 4, 2022
admin
American Thought LeadersApple DailyChinaChina Human RightsChinese economyChinese RegimeEpochTVHong KongJimmy LaiLive Videoslockdownssimon leeVideo
0 Comment
This episode will premiere on Thursday, August 4 at 7:30 p.m. ET. “Jimmy [Lai] once told me, ‘The fight for freedom is a very lonely pursuit…You have to be prepared to be very lonely.’” Simon Lee was a successful businessman in Hong Kong and a columnist at Jimmy Lai’s Apple Daily newspaper for over a…
Hong Kong Government Jobs Show Record High Number of Resignations, Double the Previous Year
Hong Kong’s civil service resignations have reached a scale not seen since the city’s handover to China in 1997. The city’s Civil Service Bureau (CSB) recently disclosed that 10,487 civil service left their jobs in the year 2021-2022, of which, 3,743, resigned—double last year’s number, according to the Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP). Other reasons…
Hong Kong’s Li Ka-Shing Makes Bid to Purchase Devalued China Evergrande Center
Chinese developer Evergrande is selling its flagship China Evergrande Center in Hong Kong through tender that closed on July 28. The building’s market valuation had dropped to an estimated HK$9 billion (about $1.17 billion). Cheung Kong Asset Holdings Limited, founded by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-Shing, confirmed submission of the tender on the same day in…
Hong Kong Officials Mimick CCP, Call Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit ‘Mousey’
Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan aggravated the Beijing government (HKgov), and it also upset the Hong Kong government’s senior officials. Fifteen local government departments bombarded social media with remarks of displeasure. Chains of public statements were issued in a span of seven minutes, to “strongly condemn” Pelosi’s Taiwan visit. Local scholars pointed out that diplomacy is…
Under the Sweltering Heat, Owners of Subdivided Housing Overcharged for Water and Electricity
The weather in Hong Kong continues to be extremely hot, and the number of “hot nights” in July broke the historical record. Deputy director of the Society for Community Organization, Sze Lai-shan stated on July 31 that the Hong Kong poor, currently living in unsuitable housing such as subdivided flats and rooftop houses, complained that…
Hong Kong ‘Captain America’ Protester Gets Lighter Sentence After Appeal
HONG KONG—A Hong Kong activist dubbed “Captain America 2.0” for wielding the superhero’s shield during pro-democracy protests in 2019 had his jail sentence reduced to five years on Wednesday after winning an appeal. High Court Chief Judge Jeremy Poon and Justices of Appeal Derek Pang and Anthea Pang, wrote in a summary that was posted…
China Crisis: From Sharp Crash to Lost Decade(s)
Commentary A decade ago, China was praised as a miracle. The twin crisis (real estate and debt) will be another miracle. The miracle is, as always, something in story books. In reality, there seems to be no miracle at all. Half to one-third of a century ago, when West Germany and Japan had been regarded…
Mirror Concert Horror (Part 4): One Loose High Hanging Steel Cable Eyebolt Suspected
The serious accident of a screen falling during the MIRROR concert drew much attention from the general public. On the evening of August 1, the government released a photo inside the coliseum saying that from initial evidence, one of the steel cables connecting the screen was found to have snapped open. Combining the photo and…
Supply Chain Adjustment: Thousands of British Corporations Aim to Cut Ties With CCP Market
According to the Financial Times, the head of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) had revealed that thousands of British companies are planning to cut economic ties with China. Tony Danker, Director-General of the CBI, said UK businesses expect relations between Beijing and the West to deteriorate further, with many British companies accelerating their efforts…
-
Recent Posts
-
Archives
- May 2025
- April 2025
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2013
- July 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- December 1
-
Meta