The national security trial of Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was postponed for the second time on Tuesday after his British lawyer was denied a visa extension, according to local reports. The trial has been pushed back to Sept. 25, 2023, and is expected to last 40 days, pending a decision by the…
Hong Kong Delays Jimmy Lai’s Security Trial as British Lawyer’s Visa Extension Denied
December 14, 2022
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June 4th Activist Accused Earlier of Incitement Has Her Conviction Overturned After Appeal
Tonyee Chow Hang-tung, the former vice-chairperson of the HK Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (The Alliance), was accused of publishing an article online in 2021, calling on citizens to attend the unapproved June 4 rally. She was convicted of inciting others to knowingly participate in an unauthorized assembly and sentenced earlier…
Two Men In Sampan Accident Near Wang Lang Island Suspected of Illegal Entry to Hong Kong
On Dec. 10, a sampan sank in an accident near Wang Lang Island, Hong Kong. Two people in the sampan fell into the sea. One person was safe, while the other went missing. At 9:45 a.m. on Dec. 11, a ship passing by the lighthouse of Wang Lang Island, in the Eastern waters of Hong…
Activist at 14, University Graduate Today
Wong Ji-yuet, one of the defendants in the pro-democracy primary election case who was released on bail, recently revealed that she has graduated from university. She wanted to state her gratitude to all the “friends” and teachers who helped her during a most challenging time. In June 2020, Wong announced her candidacy for the democratic…
Google Rejects Hong Kong’s Request to Remove Protest Anthem From Top Search Results: HK Official
Hong Kong requested that Google remove a protest song from its top search results for Hong Kong’s national anthem and replace it with China’s national anthem, but the request was denied, the city’s security chief said Monday. Hong Kong’s security secretary, Chris Tang, said that Google refused to change the top search results for Hong…
Study: Peimine Combining With Spike Protein Can Prevent COVID-19 Variants Infection
Although many vaccines have been put into use in the effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, our resistance to different virus variants is still low. An overlooked study may offer us an avenue to improve that situation. A study by Taiwan China Medical University (which is in the democratic country of Taiwan) found that peimine, extracted…
Chinese ‘Police Stations’ in Canada Amounts to the Presence of a Hostile Foreign Power in Our Front Yard
Commentary According to popular wisdom, Sir Robert Peel created the first modern municipal police force in London in 1829. Yes, there were other law enforcement-type bodies well before that, but the idea of having an organized body of men (they were all men at first) to patrol the streets and investigate/prevent crime was new for…
With the Easing of COVID-19 Rules in China, People Are Rushing to Purchase Antipyretic Drugs
Just a few days ago, Chinese people were being told by their government how serious it was to be infected with COVID-19 and how bad long-COVID symptoms can be. Then, the Chinese government suddenly relaxed the anti-pandemic policies after intermittent lockdowns had occurred around the country for nearly three years. With no more COVID-19 testing stations…
Do Hong Kongers Truly Mourn Jiang Zemin?
Commentary China has been politically eventful in the last two weeks. A fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang sparked the nationwide white paper revolution protests; then less than a week later, former leader Jiang Zemin passed away. The communist Party made stability its major concern, kept Jiang’s funeral simple, and loosened the COVID-19 restrictions to pacify the angry…
US Condemns Hong Kong Media Tycoon’s ‘Grossly Unjust’ Jail Sentence
December 12, 2022
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The United States has condemned a Hong Kong court decision to sentence pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to prison, a move that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime has characterized as an attempt to “whitewash criminals.” U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price on Sunday urged Chinese authorities “to respect freedom of expression, including for the…
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