Vote restricts residents to choosing between Beijing loyalists, after pro-democracy camp scored landslide win in 2019.#Politics #AsiaPacific #HongKong
Hong Kong holds ‘patriot only’ election after shutting out opposition
Chow, who played a leading role in the 2019 pro-democracy protests, is the latest dissident to flee Beijing's crackdown.#AsiaPacific #HongKong
Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow skips bail, refuses return
Minnie Chan second reporter at Hong Kong newspaper to be subject of safety concerns, people familiar with matter say.#Media #AsiaPacific #HongKong
Second SCMP reporter dropped out of contact in China last year, sources say
Kyodo News says South China Morning Post reporter Minnie Chan became unreachable after attending forum in late October.#Media #Politics #AsiaPacific #HongKong
Hong Kong journalist missing after reporting trip to China, report says
Sixteen pro-democracy activists are charged under national security laws critics claim are designed to stifle dissent.#HongKongProtests #AsiaPacific #China #HongKong
Trial of Hong Kong activists under China-imposed law enters home straight
Closing arguments are due to begin in high-profile trial of 16 pro-democracy figures nearly three years after arrests.#CivilRights #AsiaPacific #HongKong
Hong Kong’s arrested pro-democracy activists face long wait for judgement
The move follows Beijing's move to impose a national security law following the 2019 mass protests for democracy.#HongKongProtests #Politics #AsiaPacific #China #HongKong
Hong Kong to introduce own national security law in 2024
Wonderful guests from #Canada, #HongKong & #USA enjoy spectacular level 5.5 Aurora! Guests saw what we call the “Fishnet Aurora” formation, it was very cool! +5C, Yellowknife, Canada
https://x.com/AuroraHunterJoe/status/1711321195612868914?s=20
Schools closed as city issues second 'black' rain warning - its highest - in a month amid torrential rain, strong winds.#Floods #Weather #AsiaPacific #China #HongKong
Hong Kong drenched and battered by weakening Typhoon Koinu
Hong Kong has held its first Dragon Dance festival, since it dropped pandemic restrictions earlier this year.The Chinese self-governing territory is trying t...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #DragonDancefestival #Goldenweek #HongKong #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #economy #pandemicrestrictions #reviveeconomy #tourists
Golden week: Hong Kong woos tourists to revive economy
The pastries, about the size of a palm and filled with a sweet paste, are popular gifts during the ancient festival.#Features #ArtsandCulture #Food #AsiaPacific #China #HongKong #Indonesia #Japan #Malaysia #Singapore #Taiwan #Thailand #Vietnam
Mid-Autumn festival: Why Asia goes mad for mooncakes
Hong Kong has recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years.Torrential rain on Thursday caused widespread flooding, submerging streets and metro stati...#Asia #HongKong #climatechange #heaviestrain #tropicalstorm #AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews
Hong Kong swamped after heaviest rain in 140 year
— "The #WhiteHouse has decided it will bar Hong Kong’s top government official from attending a major economic summit in the #UnitedStates this fall, according to three U.S. officials familiar with the matter, in the latest test of President àBiden’s bid to reset relations with #China.
Chief Executive John Lee, along with 10 other #HongKong and Chinese officials, was sanctioned by Washington in 2020 after implementing a national security law, imposed by #Beijing, that enabled the targeting of pro-democracy leaders, tarnished the reputation of the courts and earned international condemnation as leaders sought to silence dissent.
Lee, then Hong Kong’s security chief, was elevated last year to chief executive, handpicked by Beijing to continue what critics say is a broader campaign of repression in the once-semiautonomous city. He has helped execute Beijing’s reimagining of the territory, where institutions from schools to the media now operate under new red lines that have eroded freedoms."
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/07/04/hong-kong-warrants-aim-activists-abroad
Hong Kong authorities have issued baseless arrest warrants and HK$1 million (US$128,000) bounties on eight exiled democracy activists and former legislators that expand China’s political intimidation campaign beyond its borders, Human Rights Watch said today.
#hong-kong #hongkong #香港 #自由 #中国 #freedom #liberty #democracy #china #beijing #xe #hrw #human-rights-watch #sanctions
Jahrestag des Tiananmen-Massakers
34 Jahre nach der Niederschlagung der Massenproteste darf auch in Hongkong nicht mehr daran erinnert werden. In Peking ist das Vergessen längst perfekt.
#taz #tageszeitung #KP #China #China #Hongkong #Tiananmen #Jahrestag
Seit diesem Sonntag lässt China wieder Menschen aus Hongkong einreisen. Viele Familienmitglieder sehen sich nach drei Jahren Abschottung zum ersten Mal wieder.#China #Hongkong #Grenzöffnung #Einreise #COVID-19 #Corona #Abschottung #Aufschwung
Zehntausende Hongkonger nutzen Chinas Grenzöffnung | DW | 08.01.2023
Chinesische Diplomaten haben Großbritannien verlassen, um die Aufgabe ihrer Immunität zu vermeiden. Anlass war ein Zwischenfall mit einem Demonstranten aus Hongkong. London machte offensichtlich mächtig Druck.#China #Großbritannien #Diplomaten #Hongkong #Manchester
China zieht sechs Diplomaten aus Manchester ab | DW | 14.12.2022
Der Vatikan hat das umstrittene Geheimabkommen mit der Volksrepublik China um weitere zwei Jahre verlängert. Die Vereinbarung ermöglicht die Ernennung von Bischöfen im wechselseitigen Einvernehmen.#Vatikan #China #Geheimabkommen #Bischöfe #PietroParolin #Hongkong #JosephZenZe-kiun
Vatikan und China verlängern umstrittenes Geheimabkommen | DW | 22.10.2022
