Some 2,000 small animals, including hamsters, will be killed in Hong Kong after several tested positive for the coronavirus Monday at a pet store where an employee was also infected.
An Asian hate crime forum for London’s Metropolitan Police has been tied to the alleged Chinese spy operating in Westminster.
The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) has been ordered to adopt Chinese goose-stepping drills in place of its traditional UK military step, as inherited after the transfer of sovereignty to Communist China in 1997.
Chinese state media announced on Monday that Maj. Gen. Peng Jingtang of the People’s Armed Police Force (PAP) has been named as the new commander of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) garrison in Hong Kong. Peng’s experience “fighting terorrism in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region” was ominously touted as one of his major qualifications.
Students for a Free Tibet said on Saturday that Tibetan, Uyghur, and Hong Kong activists are meeting with Olympic athletes at the final qualifying events for the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics to talk about China’s human rights abuses.
2021 was the year Communist China smashed the dream of freedom and democracy in Hong Kong, with only modest opposition from the civilized world.
Several of the world’s free nations will greet the year 2022 under the immediate threat of conquest by authoritarian forces, either through military invasion or subversion from within.
Chinese officials tore down the “Pillar of Shame,” a 26-foot-tall statue of brutalized bodies commemorating the 1989 massacre of Tiananmen Square protesters by the Chinese Communist government, on Thursday over the objections of its creator.
Chinese state media on Sunday trumpeted the “landslide victory” of pro-Beijing “patriotic” candidates in Hong Kong, while governments across the free world expressed grave concerns about a sham election in which pro-democracy candidates were legally persecuted and prevented from running.
The Beijing controlled government in Hong Kong has issued arrest warrants for exiled activists calling for boycotts of the “sham” election.
A Hong Kong court ordered the liquidation of Next Digital Ltd., the parent company of the recently defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, on Wednesday.
A fire broke out inside a 59-story Hong Kong commercial tower on Wednesday trapping hundreds of people on the building’s roof and balconies before firefighters successfully rescued all of the stranded fire victims and put out the blaze, Radio Television Hong Kong (HTHK) reported.
The Chinese government newspaper Global Times claimed in a report on Tuesday that an experimental vaccine product by the small Chinese company CanSinoBIO “can provide a decent level of protection” against the Omicron variant of Chinese coronavirus.
British police have launched an investigation after Hong Kong activists were targeted by a £10,000 anonymous bounty for information.
Teen environmental activist Greta Thunberg sent a letter revealed on Tuesday to anti-communist Hong Kong protest leader Joshua Wong, a political prisoner under the Chinese regime, in which she expressed “love, support, and strength.”
BA has temporarily suspended flights to Hong Kong in order to avoid the risk of any more crews being sent to a notorious quarantine centre.
Viewers of the Disney+ streaming service in Hong Kong noticed on Friday that an episode of the long-running animated series The Simpsons disappeared from the lineup without notice or explanation.
(AFP) — An episode of The Simpsons in which the cartoon American family visit Tiananmen Square is missing from the Disney+ streaming service in Hong Kong, adding to concerns about mainland China-style censorship in the city.
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) deleted an article from its website without explanation on the ongoing scandal surrounding Chinese tennis champion Peng Shuai, the Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) reported on Wednesday, who accused a high-ranking Communist Party official of rape.
Hong Kong has a very strict 21-day coronavirus quarantine rule for international visitors, but the rule was waived for JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon when he arrived by private jet on Monday.
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping, overseer of what is believed to be the world’s largest concentration camp system, threatened to “burn” American President Joe Biden on Monday night if he supported the democratic nation of Taiwan.
China’s Global Times propaganda outlet celebrated the over three-hour-long video call between President Joe Biden and dictator Xi Jinping on Monday as a win for China, highlighting Biden’s apparent “eagerness” to make nice with the world’s worst human rights abuser.
Communist China has delivered on its warning against imported Australian rock lobsters after declaring the tasty marine crustaceans a “national security threat.”
NBA star Enes Kanter urged President Joe Biden to “stop playing games with bullies” in anticipation of his scheduled virtual meeting with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping on Monday.
HONG KONG (AP) – Hong Kong authorities declined to renew a visa for a foreign journalist working for The Economist without any explanation, the magazine said.
A Hong Kong District Court sentenced a man who dressed up as the comic book character “Captain America” to protest China’s encroachment on the city’s limited freedoms last year to nearly six years in prison on Thursday for violating Hong Kong’s national security law.
Two weeks after Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo) passed a bill that gave local officials the power to ban movies “deemed contrary to the interests of national security,” China announced the premiere of its Korean War propaganda film The Battle at Lake Changjin in Hong Kong and Macao.
Former senior Trump defense official Elbridge Colby is warning China could invade Taiwan in as little as two years, and that Taiwanese who could be at risk should consider extrication plans.
Basketball player Enes Kanter of the Boston Celtics, an outspoken critic of the Chinese government for its oppression of the Uyghur Muslims, on Tuesday called Chinese leader Xi Jinping a “ruthless dictator,” referred to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as a cult, and declared that Hong Kong will someday be “free” despite China’s efforts to crush democracy on the island.
The Chinese government newspaper Global Times insultingly urged climate change celebrity Greta Thunberg to seek “a better education” on Monday after the Swedish teen listed pressuring China to cease being the world’s worst polluter as “not the least” of her concerns.
Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, commonly known as LegCo, on Wednesday passed a bill that empowers local officials to ban movies “deemed contrary to the interests of national security.”
Amnesty International (AI) announced on Monday it will close its office in Hong Kong by the end of the year.
Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter continued his campaign against the Chinese Communist Party on Sunday with the debut of sneakers featuring images inspired by the Tiananmen Square massacre and what appears to be an illustration of himself holding the severed head of Winnie the Pooh.
The smuggling of Australian rock lobsters into mainland China is a threat to the Communist country’s national security and integrity, Hong Kong’s new customs chief said Thursday as she vowed to crack down on the illicit trade.
The battle for democracy in Hong Kong has gotten most of the free world’s attention over the past few years, but Voice of America News (VOA) noted on Monday that China is quietly but inexorably tightening its grip on Macau as well.
Greek police arrested two activists for protesting at the Acropolis in Athens against the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing.
The impending collapse of China’s gigantic Evergrande Group real estate company caused a tumble at the stock market on Tuesday for other Chinese property developers. Even investors in completely unrelated markets are growing nervous about what the implosion of such a huge company could do to banks in China and around the world – and what it could mean for Beijing’s geopolitical agenda.
Hong Kong’s largest independent trade union disbanded on Sunday citing “political uncertainty” amid a pro-Beijing crackdown on the city’s civil institutions, Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) reported.
A Hong Kong pro-democracy group known for organizing the city’s annual Tiananmen Square vigil disbanded on Saturday, citing political pressure from pro-China forces in Hong Kong’s government, Radio Free Asia reported on Monday.
A prominent rights campaigner said Britain had warned him and others to avoid travel to countries with extradition agreements with China.
