Jimmy Lai, a 72-year-old media tycoon and activist who is a vocal critic of the Chinese Communist Party, was arrested early Monday, accused of colluding with foreign forces, The Washington Post …
PALO IT becomes first Hong Kong tech company to earn B Corp status
PALO IT Hong Kong, a global innovation consultancy and Agile software development company, has announced it’s become a certified B Corporation. As the first technology company in Hong Kong to attain …
U.S. Sanctions Hong Kong Chief Lam Over Crackdown
The U.S. is placing sanctions on 11 Chinese officials and their allies in Hong Kong, including Chief Executive Carrie Lam, over their roles in curtailing political freedoms in the former U.K. colony, …
Democratic Taiwan Stands With Hong Kong
UK Urges Hong Kong Government to Reinstate Candidates, Hold Elections
Britain called on the Hong Kong government on Sunday to reinstate disqualified candidates and hold legislative council elections as soon as possible, in a joint statement with Australia, Canada, New …
Hong Kong elections: UK and allies condemn moves to ‘undermine democracy’
The ministers said they were “gravely concerned by the Hong Kong government’s unjust disqualification of candidates”. They condemned a year-long postponement of September’s elections as …
‘Five Eyes alliance’ slams postponement of Hong Kong polls
Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US have called on Hong Kong to reinstate disqualified candidates and hold legislative elections at the earliest. Activists say the vote was postponed at …
Australia joins UK joint statement calling for Hong Kong elections
The UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US have issued a joint statement to call for Hong Kong elections.
Once reluctant to hit China on human rights, Trump moves to use the issue as a cudgel amid growing tensions
Sanctions on Chinese entities in Hong Kong and Xinjiang have provided the administration another set of tools to outflank Beijing amid fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and the collapse of …
Hong Kong fires back at “shameless” U.S. sanctions
China slammed the United States for imposing “barbarous” sanctions in response to Beijing’s crackdown in Hong Kong.