75-year-old Hong Kong activist facing sedition charge denied bail after planning Beijing Olympics demo

A Hong Kong court has denied bail to veteran pro-democracy activist Koo Sze-yiu, who is facing charges of attempting to commit a seditious act. Koo was arrested by national security police early on…

Foreign journalists in China face lawsuits, intimidation, state-backed trolling attacks, media group says

Threats of legal action, online troll campaigns and dwindling numbers after the expulsion of colleagues — foreign journalists in China are facing “unprecedented hurdles” from effo…

Chinese censors give Fight Club movie a new ending where police win

By Beiyi Seow The first rule of Fight Club in China? Don’t mention the original ending. The second rule of Fight Club in China? Change it so the police win. China has some of the world’…

University of Hong Kong covers up 33-year-old Tiananmen tribute painted on bridge, weeks after removing statue

Workers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) covered up a segment of a bridge dedicated to the Tiananmen dead on Saturday morning, weeks after the school’s removal of a statue commemorating t…

Swedish publishers demand China free jailed bookseller Gui Minhai

A group of Swedish publishers on Monday demanded Beijing release Chinese-Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2020 on charges of illegally providing intelligenc…

As China replants its own forests, it is destroying the world’s

China under President Xi Jinping is ostensibly dedicated to creating an “ecological civilisation.” According to Xi, that civilisation is supposed to include healthy forests.  In October, he to…

‘Snow guns’ for spouting fake snow at Beijing Winter Olympics raise environmental concerns

By Matthew Walsh Bright yellow turbines line the slopes of the Beijing Winter Olympics, spraying out the artificial snow needed for the Games to take place. Man-made snow has been used to vary…

Earth’s final frontier: China and the deep-sea gold rush set to cause environmental catastrophe

Scientists say that a highly controversial deep-sea “gold rush” risks potentially devastating consequences for marine ecosystems, biodiversity, coastal communities and climate change. T…

‘Eating melons’: Chinese people dodge censors to discuss Peng Shuai sexual assault allegations

With coded references to “eating melons” and “that person”, Chinese social media users are getting creative to discuss tennis star Peng Shuai online as censors race to scrub…

Disney+ appears to censor episode of The Simpsons in Hong Kong referencing Tiananmen Massacre

Online video streaming service Disney+ appears to have censored an episode of The Simpsons in Hong Kong which references the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre. The 12th episode of the 16th season was first b…

Forget the ‘small minority,’ the national security law has silenced Hong Kong society

There was a reception last month for the “media sector.” This gave a little foretaste of what the media sector is likely to consist of when the national security police have finished pruning it. Or…

Iron curtain falls on Hong Kong cinema as censors demand cuts

By Su Xinqi and Yan Zhao Once renowned for world-class cinema, Hong Kong’s film industry was already struggling before the latest hurdle — Chinese mainland-style censorship as authoriti…

Hong Kong Tiananmen Massacre group vanishes from internet after police demand; 11 years of Victoria Park vigil vids deleted

The group behind Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen Massacre vigil deleted its online presence and archives on Thursday night following a police order. The 2017 Tiananmen Massacre vigil in Victoria Park.…

Apple Daily: Next Digital board quits citing ‘climate of fear,’ calls for company’s liquidation

All four remaining directors of Next Digital, parent company of the now-defunct pro-democracy Apple Daily, have resigned and called for the company’s liquidation, citing a “climate of f…

Organisers of Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Massacre vigil refuse to comply with national security police data request

The organisers of Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen Massacre vigil said on Sunday that they will not comply with the city’s national security police’s request to hand in information. T…