There are a lot of reasons why the protests are going on – and it’s helpful to know about the history of Hong Kong to understand what’s happening. Britain has played a big role in the history Hong …
Hong Kong to light candles across the city to mark Tiananmen anniversary
The anniversary strikes an especially sensitive nerve in the semi-autonomous city this year after Beijing’s move last month to impose national security legislation in Hong Kong, which critics fear …
China Doesn’t Want a New World Order. It Wants This One.
China is in the midst of a fierce battle to salvage its reputation. Under fire for their part in the pandemic and reproached for their move to assert control over Hong Kong, the country’s officials …
U.K. PM tells China that Britain will admit 3 Million from Hong Kong
“Many people in Hong Kong fear that their way of life — which China pledged to uphold — is under threat,” Johnson said.
HSBC publicly supports China’s national security law for Hong Kong
We reiterate that we respect and support laws and regulations that will enable Hong Kong to recover and rebuild the economy and, at the same time, maintain the principle of ‘one country two systems’.” …
U.K. Banks Defy London to Back Beijing on Hong Kong Security Law
The two British institutions that dominate Hong Kong’s banking system waded into the political minefield over the former colony’s future for the first time since protests last year and backed Beijing …
Vigil banned, Hong Kong set to commemorate Tiananmen with ‘candles everywhere’
People in Hong Kong are set to commemorate the bloody 1989 crackdown by Chinese troops in and around Tiananmen Square by lighting candles across the city on Thursday, after police banned an annual …
For Hong Kong, Tiananmen Looms Over the Future
In early 1989, change seemed unstoppable in Beijing. That it wasn’t, that China would push back with fury, casts a large shadow over Hong Kong today.
British banks back Beijing’s Hong Kong security law
HSBC and Standard Chartered have backed China’s controversial imposition of a national security law on Hong Kong in a move likely to infuriate ministers in London.Peter Wong, HSBC’s senior executive …
Taiwan Preparing For Potential Influx Of Hong Kong Refugees, UK Also May Let Some In
Taiwan is preparing for a ‘surge of refugees’ from Hong Kong who seek to escape a draconian new security law to be imposed by China. Lam Wing-kee, a bookstore owner who fled H …