The Next Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit will be held in San Francisco in November. In recent months, many groups and organizations have urged the U.S. government to prohibit the sanctioned Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu from entering the United States. The Hong Kong Democracy Council, Hong Kong Watch, and scores of overseas…

Four bipartisan members of the U.S. Congress recently jointly signed a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, opposing the invitation of Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu to attend the APEC summit in November. The next Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference (APEC) will be held in San Francisco in November this year (2023). Four…

There have been personnel changes at the top of the National Security Department (NSD) of the Hong Kong Police Force, and three senior officials who have been sanctioned by the United States have gained promotion. On May 2, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu appointed Kan Kai-yan as the head of the National Security…

The Hong Kong government launched its “Hello, Hong Kong!” large-scale publicity campaign on Feb. 2. One of the key items is to give out 500,000 free air tickets to all places around the world to lure overseas and mainland Chinese tourists to come. Hong Kong used to be an international tourist attraction, but today it…

Hong Kong was saved by a group of Wall Street executives, who forced Beijing to allow the city to drop draconian quarantine policies which have lasted for two years. In a bid to revive Hong Kong’s rapidly eroding status as a financial center due to strict quarantine policies, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) plans…

Latest Hong Kong Public Opinions findings, John Lee Ka-chiu’s popularity rating is 53.8, which ties with Leung Chun-ying for being the lowest among all past and incumbent Chief Executives at the beginning of their terms. The general public’s satisfaction rate and trust in the government have improved, returning to the level of before the anti-extradition…

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu is now undertaking public consultations prior to the finalization of his first “Policy Address” to be delivered on October 19. The Government says it will hold about 30 consultation sessions to listen to the opinions and suggestions of Legislative Council members, representatives of different sectors, and the general…

Commentary This July has been an unusual month in Hong Kong. First, Xi Jinping, China’s leader, came to inaugurate Hong Kong’s new cabinet members. Chief Executive John Lee, a former policeman, was cherry-picked by Beijing to take up the top job. It was shocking at first, but Hongkongers just got used to the city’s absurdity,…

The newly appointed Chief Executive of Hong Kong, John Lee Ka-chiu attended his first Legislative Council Q&A session on July 6, 2022. When Lee was asked by Chan Siu-hung, a member of the Legislative Council, about how the new government should deal with “foreign forces smears,” Lee said Hong Kong is “a man of virtue”…

July 1 marks the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from Britain to China. Before the Hong Kong National Security Law (NSL) came into effect in 2020, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp had been holding an annual July 1 protest, to symbolize Hong Kong’s continued rights to freedom of expression and demonstration. However, that changed in…