Hongkonger Celia Cheng Kwok-yan is a photographer and writer who has left her footprints on the World’s Three Poles (the North Pole, the South Pole, and the summit of Mount Everest) and on the seven continents. After a two-year hiatus due to the never-ending pandemic, Cheng finally picked up her backpack again in April and…
Hong Kong Photographer and Writer Uses Her Dream to Encourage Hongkongers: Never Give Up
Scholars Criticise Xi’s Hong Kong Arrival Speech, Saying it Distorted the Facts
July 1, 2022 was the 25th anniversary since Hong Kong handover to Chinese Communist Party (CCP). China leader Xi Jinping and his wife visited Hong Kong for two days to participate in the July 1 activities, but stays in Shenzhen overnight. Meanwhile, Xi gave a speech as soon as he arrived at the high-speed rail…
62 Hong Kong Unions and Civic Societies Were Forced to Dissolve Under the National Security Law
July 2, 2022
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Two years after the implementation of the national security law in Hong Kong, civic society life is becoming more dire by the day. A report was recently released by the Hong Kong Labour Rights Monitor, founded by Mung Siu-tat, former executive secretary of the now dissolved, Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, confirming that many…
Hong Kong Yoga Teacher Found Dead in Hotel With 30 Stab Wounds; Ex-boyfriend Reported the Murder
A shocking murder took place in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong on June 30, 2022. A 23-year-old female was found in a hotel room, who later was pronounced dead. The deceased is a 23-year-old yoga teacher, Aqua Chow, who was reported as a missing person. Chow planned to fly to the U.S. to study, on…
Public Broadcaster RTHK Boss Appointed Hong Kong Security Chief, Raising Concerns
July 1, 2022
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The Hong Kong government recently announced a new round of switching of their upper management, including the appointment of Patrick Li Pak-chuen, Director of Broadcasting, as the new Permanent Secretary of the Security Bureau. As Director of Broadcasting Li had been accused by analysts of turning Radio and Television of Hong Kong (RTHK) into state…
Hongkonger on City’s Situation: ‘We Cannot Go Back’
The city of Hong Kong is no longer recognizable. That’s what a number of locals had to say amid the anniversary of its handover from Britain to Beijing. On the other hand, China’s Communist Party leader said the opposite: that the city has risen from the ashes. The world’s largest naval exercise is underway in…
Hong Kong Film Festival Organizers Exclude Film About Death of a Teenager During the 2019 Protests
A film about a missing Hong Kong female was excluded from this year’s Hong Kong International Short Film Festival. Some critics believe it was disqualified because it focused on the mysterious death of a teenager who participated in the 2019 Hong Kong Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement and thus, hinted at the the true cause…
UK Continues to Stand With Hong Kong, Foreign Secretary Vows 25 Years After Handover
The UK will keep standing “unwaveringly” with Hong Kong, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Thursday in a statement marking the 25 anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong to China. The statement also came two years after Beijing’s rubber-stamp Parliament imposed a national security law in Hong Kong that led to the imprisonment of pro-democracy…
HK Police Say Tear Gas Is Not Harmful to Health or Environment Despite Reports to the Contrary
At an Independent Police Complaint Council (IPCC) meeting on 21 June, a representative of the Hong Kong police said that tear gas does not cause health or environmental harm. However, on the same day, the Hong Kong High Court received a claim that tear gas had caused serious damage to a building. At the IPCC…
‘Hong Kong Was Never a Colony’ Disrupts Historical Discourse
Commentary “Hong Kong was never a colony,” as asserted in some new Hong Kong textbooks, is as absurd as saying “the People’s Republic of China is not a country.” In order to uproot Hong Kong independence, textbooks are asked to distort history. However, history is like sedimentary rock, with sand and gravel accumulating layer by…
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