14 Cuts in 25 Minutes: How Hong Kong Censors Movies

The Asian film capital has cracked down on documentaries and independent productions that it fears could glamorize the pro-democracy movement.

Hong Kong Forces Tiananmen Vigil Group to Delete Online Presence

The deletions were the most high-profile instance of internet censorship under the national security law.

Latest Threat to Hong Kong’s National Security: Chocolates in Prison

Officials have suggested that imprisoned pro-democracy activists are using sweets and other items to “solicit followers” behind bars.

In Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai’s Media Company Moves to Close Down

Next Digital, which has published criticism of China for decades, said a crackdown had left it with no way to operate. Its main newspaper, Apple Daily, closed in June.

Is Taiwan Next?

In Taipei, young people like Nancy Tao Chen Ying watched as the Hong Kong protests were brutally extinguished. Now they wonder what’s in their future.

Olympic Success Gives Hong Kong an Emotional Lift in Hard Times

As China clamps down on its civil and political rights, Hong Kong is finding solace and hope in its best-ever Olympic showing.

An Officer Stabbed. A Bomb Plot Foiled. A Specter of Violence Divides Hong Kong.

Six teenagers were among those arrested in connection with a bomb plot. Some democracy activists say Beijing’s crackdown is fueling radical ideas.

Pictures From a Revolution: China’s Communists Mark a Centennial

The improbable rise of a superpower that was born in the rubble of dynasty and fears it may yet meet the same fate.

Hong Kong Philosopher Taught Life’s Meaning. Now He Visits Students in Jail.

Chow Po Chung pushed his students to participate in public affairs — idealism that he worries could cost them their freedom.

‘A Form of Brainwashing’: China Remakes Hong Kong

Neighbors are urged to report on one another. Children are taught to look for traitors. Officials are pressed to pledge their loyalty.

Crossing the Red Line: Behind China’s Takeover of Hong Kong

One year ago, the city’s freedoms were curtailed with breathtaking speed. But the clampdown was years in the making, and many signals were missed.

What Else Has Hong Kong Lost, Readers Ask as a Paper Is Forced to Shut

Apple Daily, a pro-democracy news outlet, is the biggest casualty yet in Beijing’s campaign against Hong Kong’s once freewheeling news media. Its million-copy final edition sold fast.

How Press Freedom Is Being Eroded in Hong Kong

The forced closure of the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper is the latest worrisome sign for journalists in the Chinese territory.

Protester Who Crashed Into Police Faces Hong Kong’s First Security Law Trial

Tong Ying-kit, who hit officers while riding a motorcycle with a protest flag, is accused of terrorism and inciting secession. He could be sentenced to life in prison.

In a Muffled Hong Kong, Bookstores Offer Freedom of Thought

Some independent shops flout the new limits on free expression. Others try to come to terms with them. For readers, they offer a sense of connection in a changed city.

Subdued but Not Silenced, Hong Kong Tries to Remember Tiananmen Massacre

Officials banned the annual June 4 vigil, as a new security law looms over commemorations of the 1989 crackdown. Hong Kongers wonder how long the memory will remain.

From Protester to Prisoner: How Hong Kong Is Stifling Dissent

Many of the city’s democracy activists face jail terms amid a broad campaign to subdue opposition.

Hong Kong Has a New Type of Prisoner: Pro-Democracy Activists

Hundreds of protesters, many students or college-educated, face potentially stiff sentences after Beijing’s crackdown. Those behind bars already battle isolation and disillusionment.

Hong Kong Protests, Silenced on the Streets, Surface in Artworks

Even as the authorities restrict speech in the Chinese territory, local artists are subtly rendering the 2019 pro-democracy demonstrations in paintings, installations and other media.