HONG KONG () — Three prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were sentenced to prison Wednesday for a protest outside police headquarters as authorities stepped up a crackdown on opposition to …
Japan Voices ‘Grave Concerns’ About Jailing of Hong Kong Activists
Japan has “grave concerns” about the jailing of three Hong Kong activists and has conveyed its worries to China over the situation, chief government spokesman Katsunobu Kato said on Thursday. Hong …
Hong Kong publisher charged with fraud amid crackdown
HONG KONG (AP) — A pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper publisher who was arrested during a crackdown on dissent was charged Wednesday with fraud but no national security offenses, two newspapers …
Hong Kong publisher charged with fraud amid crackdown
HONG KONG (AP) — A pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper publisher who was arrested during a crackdown on dissent was charged Wednesday with fraud but no national security offenses, two newspapers …
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index is catching all of China’s FAANGs
A quiet but momentous changing of the guard beckons on Hong Kong’s main equity benchmark index, the Hang Seng. Launched in 1969, the Hang Seng index is the barometer of Hong Kong’s stock market, made …
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index is collecting China’s tech giants
A quiet but momentous changing of the guard beckons on Hong Kong’s main equity benchmark index, the Hang Seng. Launched in 1969, the Hang Seng index is the barometer of Hong Kong’s stock market, made …
A Hong Kong Protest Icon Is Jailed
Now, those early successes are being undone and, with them, hope that Hong Kong’s prodemocracy movement can withstand Beijing incursions on the city. Eight years on from Wong’s first unlikely victory, …
Joshua Wong, Hong Kong activist, jailed for anti-government protest
“I know the coming days will be tougher. We will hang in there,” Wong shouted after the sentence was read out.
Factbox: Who is Joshua Wong, the Hong Kong activist jailed for a 2019 protest?
Joshua Wong, 24, one of Hong Kong’s most prominent democracy activists, was jailed on Wednesday for 13-1/2 months after pleading guilty to charges of organising and inciting an unlawful assembly …
China Is ‘Wiping Out a Whole Generation of Hong Kongers,’ Rights Group Warns, After Activists Jailed for Protests
Three pro-democracy leaders were imprisoned for between 7 and 13.5 months on Wednesday for their role in anti-government protests.