Tag: June 4 massacre

HK Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China Vice Chair Pleads Not Guilty to Charges

Tonyee Chow Hang-tung, former vice-chair of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (HKASPDMC), and Lee Cheuk-yan, former chair, and vice-chair Albert Ho Chun-yan, were charged with “inciting subversion of state power” under the Hong Kong national security law (NSL) in September 2021. The HKASPDMC was a pro-democracy group that started in…


Democratic Member Richard Tsoi Released From Prison, Believes Democracy Will Return

Richard Tsoi Yiu-cheong, age 54, a Hong Kong politician, was released from jail on Aug. 13. He was arrested in September 2021 for incitement and participation in an unauthorized  2020 June 4th assembly. Tsoi was the former vice-chair of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, which was a pro-democracy…


Ni Kuang More Treasurable Than Palace Museum

Commentary Over the past week, a number of cultural events took place in Hong Kong. Culture is essentially political, and such events convey quite some political messages. The Hong Kong Palace Museum was officially opened on July 3, after seven years of preparation. As a gift from “China the motherland,” its opening was given full-page…


Rita Fan: ‘Hongkongers Were Taught a Lesson: Never Discuss Democracy and Human Rights Again’

Rita Fan Tsui Lai-tai, a member of the CCP’s rubber-stamp legislature, looked back on the past 25-years since the handover of Hong Kong to China, and said with affirmation, “The last 25 years have taught us an invaluable lesson. It teaches all Hongkongers to not talk about democracy and human rights ever again.”  With that…


Hong Kong Expats Gather In the UK and Australia for Candlelight Vigil on 33rd Anniversary of June 4th

On the 33rd Years Anniversary of June 4, many Hongkongers who had emigrated overseas gathered in the UK and Australia, for a candlelight vigil in memorial of the pro-democracy activists killed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Tiananmen Square in 1989.  The traditional memorial place in Hong Kong, Vitoria Park, was closed by the…


Hong Kong, Macao Authorities Ban Events Commemorating June 4 Tiananmen Square Massacre

Both Hong Kong and Macao authorities have banned residents from participating in events in memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, days prior to June 4—a historic day when leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) saw to a massacre against anti-regime protesters. On June 1, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam emphasized during a press…