Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) published a white paper on Dec. 20 that condemned the British government for not granting the Hong Kong people democratic election during its 150 years of colonial rule. The CCP then claimed that Hong Kong had to wait until its reversion back to Chinese sovereignty that its people could…
Hong Kong Voter Turnout at Historical Low Amid Worsening Political Environment
The majority of Hong Kong voters did not cooperate with the Hong Kong regime’s “patriots only” Legislative Council elections this month. The turnout at the Dec. 19 election was the lowest since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took over Hong Kong’s sovereignty in 1997, with only 30.2 percent of the 4.5 million registered voters casting…
Hong Kong Media Ceases Operation After Police Raid and 7 Arrests, Including Singer Denise Ho
Hong Kong’s press freedom took another dive on Dec. 29, after more than 200 national security police raided the office of a local online media outlet and arrested seven people, prompting several rights groups to issue statements expressing concerns. Stand News, a nonprofit news outlet set up in 2014, became the second Hong Kong media…
Over 200 Hong Kong Police Raid Local News Room, Arrest 6, Including Singer Denise Ho
December 28, 2021
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Over 200 police officers from Hong Kong’s National Security Department raided the offices of online pro-democracy media outlet Stand News on Dec. 29, while arresting six current and former staff members. They were arrested for “conspiracy to publish seditious publications,” the Hong Kong government announced in a statement. The announcement did not name the six…
Artist Speaks Out After Hong Kong Universities Remove Tiananmen Massacre Monuments
After the University of Hong Kong secretly demolished the “Pillar of Shame” Tiananmen memorial on the evening of Dec. 22, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the Lingnan University also removed statues and sculptures commemorating the pro-democracy protests on Dec. 24. The bronze Goddess of Democracy that had stood at CUHK for 12…
Hong Kong Files Sedition Charge Against Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai
December 28, 2021
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Hong Kong prosecutors on Tuesday filed a “seditious publications” charge against Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, adding to the charges he already faces under Beijing’s draconian national security law for his participation in a Tiananmen vigil in June 2020. The additional sedition charge accuses Apple Daily founder Lai, 74, of conspiracy to print,…
Sculptor of Dismantled Tiananmen Statue Says Damage Symbolic of Hong Kong Struggle
December 25, 2021
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HONG KONG—The sculptor of a statue commemorating the victims of China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square clampdown said on Friday that its removal from a Hong Kong university was “brutal” but any damage would be symbolic of recent changes in the city under Chinese rule. The eight-meter (26-foot) sculpture of anguished human torsos was one of the…
More Hong Kong Universities Take Down Tiananmen Memorials
December 24, 2021
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Two more universities in Hong Kong erased public artwork commemorating Beijing’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, mainly students, known as the Tiananmen Massacre. Just before dawn on Dec. 24, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) took down a statue depicting a woman holding a flame. The 21-foot tall bronze sculpture, named “Goddess of Democracy,”…
Why Hong Kong Removed a Tiananmen Memorial
December 23, 2021
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HONG KONG—It happened in the dead of night. Workers at the University of Hong Kong put up barriers that largely blocked their activity from view and, over the next several hours, took the towering “Pillar of Shame” statue and carted it away in a container truck early Thursday . The 26-foot-tall sculpture, which was removed…
Hong Kong University Removes Tiananmen Massacre Statue
December 22, 2021
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HONG KONG—A monument at a Hong Kong university that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre was removed by workers early Thursday over the objections of its creator from Denmark. The 8-meter (26-foot) tall Pillar of Shame, which depicts 50 torn and twisted bodies piled on top of each other, was made by Danish sculptor Jens…
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