Category Archives: Hong Kong Democracy

A Year On, Mixed Views on What Hong Kong Protests Achieved

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October 07, 2015 8:23 AM

HONG KONG —A year ago, Hong Kong’s famously busy streets were shut down by pro-democracy protesters in the so-called “Umbrella Movement”, a moniker that came Continue reading →

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Q. and A.: Johannes Chan on Academic Freedom in Hong Kong

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By MICHAEL FORSYTHE OCTOBER 2, 2015 11:40 AM October 2, 2015 11:40 am

03Sino-Chan-tmagArticleJohannes Chan, a professor at the University of Hong Kong, was rejected this week for a promotion, raising fears over Beijing’s influence.Credit Fai Lo/The Initium Media
The governing council of the University of Hong Kong rejected this week the nomination of Johannes Chan, a professor and former dean at the university’s law school, as one of five pro-vice chancellors, a post with influence over how Hong Kong’s most prestigious academic institution attracts and hires talent.

For almost a year, Mr. Chan’s candidacy for the post had been under attack by local newspapers sympathetic to China’s central government. It drew considerable attention Continue reading →

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One Year On, Hong Kong Remembers The Umbrella Movement

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2015-09-28
image (24)Hong Kong protesters commemorate the anniversary of the Occupy Central movement, Sept. 28, 2015.
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One year after thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters used umbrellas to stave off pepper spray and tear gas in clashes with riot police, some 1,000 people rallied outside Continue reading →

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One Year After Occupy Central, Hong Kong Officials Have Yet to Investigate Beating

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2015-09-24

image (9)Ken Tsang poses for a photo with an unidentified woman in Hong Kong, Jan. 25, 2015.
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One year after a week-long student strike kicked off the 79-day Occupy Central pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, activists have slammed a lack of progress over allegations of police brutality, including the beating of a prominent democracy activist filmed by journalists as it happened.

Video footage filmed live at protests last November by local Continue reading →

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Is Hong Kong’s Top Official Above the Law?

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11DA9A85-90E6-4AEE-94DB-A41F75ADEADE_w640_r1_sFILE – Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying arrives at a news conference which was held as part of the National People’s Congress, the country’s parliament, in Beijing, March 6, 2015.

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September 18, 2015 9:17 AM

Nearly one year after pro-democracy protests riled Hong Kong’s politics, the territory’s top official is coming under criticism for suggesting that his position “transcends” Continue reading →

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China Releases Scholar Who Helped Activist Gain Asylum in U.S.

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16China-web-master180By ANDREW JACOBS SEPT. 15, 2015

BEIJING — The Chinese authorities on Tuesday released a founder of a research institute who was instrumental in helping the legal activist Chen Guangcheng gain asylum in the United States after he escaped house arrest three years ago.

The founder, Guo Yushan, a scholar who led the Transition Institute, was released from custody along with He Zhengjun, the administrative director of the now-closed institute, Continue reading →

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Alex Chow and YANG Jianli: Hong Kong: One Year after 8.19

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By Alex Chow and YANG Jianli, published: August 31, 2015

Today marks the first anniversary of the August 31 decision of China’s National People’s Congress prohibiting popular selection of candidates for Hong Kong’s chief executive by the people in Hong Kong. This so-called “Beijing 8.19 Hong Kong political reform” package, violated China’s prior written agreements promising full Continue reading →

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Hong Kong Charges Occupy Central Leaders With Public Order Offenses

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2015-08-27

Occupy Central leader Joshua Wong speaks to the media after a vote at the city’s legislature in Hong Kong, June 18, 2015.
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The face of last year’s pro-democracy Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong, Joshua Wong, hit out on Thursday after being charged by police for his role in the mass protests for universal suffrage in the former British colony.

Wong, 18, who could face a jail term of up to five years, Continue reading →

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