FILE – Chinese men walk on Tiananmen Square, March 5, 2015.
Shannon Van Sant
May 20, 2015 8:42 AM
HONG KONG—June 4 will mark the anniversary of the 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square, and as in years past, Hong Kong residents will mark the date with massive Continue reading
Tensions Mount in Hong Kong Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, June 4th Commemoration
By Wan Yanhai, published: May 13, 2015
GUO YUSHAN (郭玉闪)
In March 2007, Guo Yushan (郭玉闪）and others co-founded Transition Social and Economic Consulting Limited, otherwise known as Beijing Transition Institute. In July 2013, Continue reading
For Whom the Bell Tolls: One Chinese NGO’s Alleged Crime of “Illegal Business Operation”已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Writers in Prison
Tagged Guo Yushan, NGO
U.S. Republican Representative Chris Smith of New Jersey speaks to VOA after a U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing in Washington, April 30, 2015. (M. Lipin/VOA)
Michael Lipin
May 09, 2015 6:36 PM
A U.S. lawmaker is encouraging Hong Kong legislators to veto electoral rules proposed by Beijing.
In a recent interview with VOA, New Jersey Republican Representative Chris Smith Continue reading
US Lawmaker Urges Rejection of Proposed Hong Kong Voting Rules已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
2015-04-30
Activist Su Changlan’s husband (C) is accompanied by two lawyers, Li Fang (L) and Wu Kuiming (R), in an undisclosed location on Nov 18, 2014.
(Photo courtesy of LiFangPing micro-channel.)
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong are moving ahead Continue reading
Police in China’s Guangdong Move Ahead With Activist’s Subversion Trial已关闭评论
Posted in Hong Kong Democracy, Writers in Prison
Tagged Su Changlan, Subversion
2015-04-24
Ye Xiaozheng displays a banner saying ‘Protesting for Freedom’ in a photo posted to social media.
Photo courtesy of CHRD
The wife of an online activist detained for subversion in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong after Continue reading
Fears For Safety of Chinese Activist Who Supported Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement, Ye Xiaozheng
2015-04-22
Pan-democrat protesters prepare to go on a hunger strike to call for “true” universal suffrage in Hong Kong, March 28, 2014
AFP
Pan-democratic lawmakers in Hong Kong walked out of the city’s legislature on Wednesday Continue reading
Pan-Democrats Protest in Hong Kong Legislature Over Beijing’s Election Plan已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
The recording artist’s nod to Hong Kong protesters set off a social-media flame war.
BY DAVID WERTIMEFEBRUARY 23,
From China, Love and Hate for Common’s Oscar Speech
After ascending the stage to receive the Oscar for Best Original Song along with popular crooner John Legend, the Chicago-born hip-hop artist known as Common Continue reading
From China, Love and Hate for Common’s Oscar Speech已关闭评论
Posted in Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
By CHRIS BUCKLEY and ALAN WONG JANUARY 23, 2015 7:01 AM January 23, 2015 7:01 am
Kevin Lau Chun-to in January 2014, after his dismissal as editor of the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao.Credit Associated Press
Since the newspaper editor Kevin Lau Chun-to was attacked with a cleaver last year and left bleeding on a Hong Kong street, he has embodied fears that the city’s long Continue reading
Hong Kong Editor, Attacked Last Year, Expresses Hope for Future of News Media已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Press Freedom
