Tag Archives: Hong Kong

• Five Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters seek asylum in United States 17 January 2021 | Louise Watt This post has no comments yet

  Five Hong Kong protesters who reportedly fled to Taiwan by boat six months ago have arrived in the United States and intend to seek asylum, according to an activist group. ...

• US hits China with Hong Kong sanctions, OKs Taiwan arms sale 8 December 2020 | Matthew Lee This post has no comments yet

  The Trump administration on Monday approved a new major arms sale to Taiwan and slapped new sanctions on Chinese officials over the crackdown on pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong. ...

• Hong Kong activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, Ivan Lam jailed 2 December 2020 | Zen Soo This post has one comment

  Three prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were sentenced to jail Wednesday for a protest outside police headquarters as authorities stepped up a crackdown on opposition to tighten control by Beijing over the territory. ...

• Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong in custody after guilty plea 23 November 2020 | Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor This post has no comments yet

  Three young Hong Kong dissidents including Joshua Wong were remanded into custody on Monday after pleading guilty to inciting a rally during last year's pro-democracy protests, deepening the crackdown against Beijing's critics. ...

• Hundreds march in Taiwan to support 12 arrested Hong Kongers 25 October 2020 | Huizhong Wu This post has no comments yet

  Hundreds of people marched in Taiwan's capital on Sunday to demand the release of 12 Hong Kong anti-government protesters who were arrested by mainland Chinese authorities in August. ...

• Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong reveals fear of arrest 23 August 2020 | Anthony Wallace This post has one comment

  Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong told Sunday how he constantly feared arrest following the imposition of a new security law in Hong Kong, in a virtual appearance at British book festival. ...

• Hong Kong police raid pro-democracy newspaper, arrests owner 10 August 2020 | Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi This post has one comment

  Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was arrested Monday and led in handcuffs through his newspaper office as police raided the building, part of a sweeping crackdown on dissent since China imposed a security law on the city. ...

• US slaps sanctions on Hong Kong leader in new offensive on China 7 August 2020 | Shaun Tandon and Rob Lever, with AFP in Beijing This post has 4 comments

  The United States slapped sanctions Friday on Hong Kong's leader after effectively forcing Chinese internet giants TikTok and WeChat to end all US operations in a twin diplomatic-commercial offensive set to grow ahead of US elections. ...

• Hong Kong postpones elections by a year over coronavirus pandemic 31 July 2020 | Jerome Taylor and Yan Zhao This post has one comment

  Hong Kong's democracy supporters were dealt a huge blow Friday as authorities postponed local elections for a year because of the coronavirus, capping a devastating month of political disqualifications, arrests for social media posts. ...

• Democracy activist Joshua Wong launches bid for Hong Kong legislature 21 July 2020 | Carol Mang and Yanni Chow This post has no comments yet

  Prominent Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong applied on Monday to run for a seat in the Chinese-ruled city’s legislature, raising the prospect of a battle with authorities after being barred from running in previous polls. ...