Despite a limit on public gatherings that are part of Zero-COVID measures, Hong Kong, as in previous years, saw a commemoration of the April 25, 1999 Peaceful Appeal, that showed the courage of Falun Gong adherents in their efforts to stop the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of their faith. Falun Gong adherents held yellow…
April 25 Annual Commemoration in Hong Kong Spotlights Peace and Courage of Falun Gong Adherents
Hong Kong Student Jailed for 5 Years Under National Security Law
HONG KONG—A Hong Kong court on Friday increased a jail sentence to five years, in line with a Beijing-imposed national security law, for a student charged with “inciting secession.” Lui Sai-yu, 25, an engineering undergraduate at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, was charged with inciting secession in April 2021 with messages on social media calling for…
Hong Kong’s Mandatory COVID-19 Testing in Schools Fuels Plastic Waste Woes
HONG KONG—A Hong Kong government rule that all school students and staff take daily COVID-19 tests will add massively to the city’s plastic waste problem, environmental activists say, with some 20 million kits a month set to be dumped at bursting landfills. The mandatory rapid antigen tests (RAT), and their plastic accessories are expected to…
Hong Kong Actor Kenneth Tsang Dies in Quarantine Hotel
HONG KONG—Veteran actor Kenneth Tsang has died while in a COVID-19 quarantine hotel in Hong Kong, local media reported. Tsang was best known internationally for his action roles in the 2002 James Bond film “Die Another Day,” John Woo’s “The Killer” in 1989, “Rush Hour 2” in 2001, and “The Replacement Killers” in 1998. Tsang…
Damages to China’s Image
From the beginning of this century until the 2008 Beijing Olympics, China made impressive economic achievements and its leadership spent massive resources building the country’s image. At the same time, the Bush administration was preoccupied with combatting terrorism and the Middle East, which offered China an opportunity to expand its horizons, especially in the Asia…
Top Hong Kong Officials Own Properties Abroad, Human Rights Organization Urges Sanction List
A human rights organization reported that a number of pro-Beijing, top officials in Hong Kong, who seriously violate human rights, own properties and hidden assets outside the country. The rights group urged those countries to follow the example of sanctions against Russia and launch a sanctions lists against the named Chinese officials. Hong Kong Watch,…
Former Police Chief to Head Hong Kong
Commentary Hong Kong’s former police chief, John Lee, will become the sixth chief executive (CE) of the Chinese-ruled city on May 8. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) imposed its “election” system on Hong Kong, a former British colony that was handed back to Chinese rule in 1997. One characteristic of the CCP’s “election” is that the…
HKEAA: Yes-Man to EDB
This is my honour to write my first English column at Epochs Times. For the last year or so, I have been active with the media, a fact that would have been unimaginable had I been still with the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA). This turn of life can be traced to 2020,…
China’s Deflationary Debt Crisis
Last week the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) cut the overall required reserve ratio (RRR) by 25 basis points (bps). PBoC claimed officially that an amount of 530 billion Yuan or equivalently 83 billion USD capital would be released. This sounds a huge amount. Imagine, without any interest rate cut or extra money printed, such…
YouTube Blocks Account of Next Hong Kong Leader, Citing US Sanctions
YouTube has taken down the channel of John Lee Ka-chiu, the sole candidate campaigning for Hong Kong chief executive, citing compliance with U.S. sanctions. Despite running unopposed, Lee began promoting his campaign on YouTube and Facebook. But YouTube, operated by Google, blocked the Beijing-backed candidate’s channel on April 20 in compliance with U.S. sanctions…
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