HONG KONG—A fire in a large, mostly residential building in Hong Kong on Wednesday morning killed at least five people and left another 36 injured. Some 250 residents were rescued from the New Lucky House in Hong Kong’s Jordan neighborhood and the fire was extinguished. The fire services department said that the fire began on […]
WASHINGTON—The United States said on Friday it will impose new visa restrictions on a number of Hong Kong officials over the clampdown on rights and freedoms in the Chinese-ruled territory. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that in the past year, China continued to take actions against Hong Kong’s promised high degree of autonomy, democratic […]
Lawmakers and civil society groups denounced a new Hong Kong national security law, Article 23, on Capitol Hill on March 22. The law intends to strengthen the existing draconian national security law that went into effect in 2020.
The UN Human Rights office says Hong Kong’s new national security law is deeply troubling and is a regressive step for human rights in the former British colony. NTD spoke to Hong Kong Watch CEO Benedict Rogers for insight.
Chairs of the bipartisan and bicameral Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.) and Sen Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), are joined by Frances Hui of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation, Anna Kwok of the Hong Kong Democracy Council, and other members of civil society groups, hold a press conference to discuss […]
Hong Kong has adopted a new sweeping national security law critics say will crush the city’s remaining freedoms and stifle foreign business in the Asian financial hub. The new bill, known as Article 23, was passed unanimously by Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, a 90-seat body now dominated by politicians backed by China’s ruling Communist Party […]
HONG KONG—A Hong Kong court sentenced 12 people Saturday to prison over the storming of the city’s legislative council building at the height of the pro-democracy protests in 2019. Hundreds of protesters swarmed into the legislature the night of July 1, 2019—the 22nd anniversary of the former British colony’s return to China—defacing pictures and smashing […]
HONG KONG—Three former organizers of Hong Kong’s annual vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre of pro-democracy protests lost their bid to overturn their conviction Thursday over their refusal to provide authorities with information on the group under a national security law. Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan, and Tsui Hon-kwong were core members of […]
HONG KONG—Hong Kong unveiled a proposed law that threatens life imprisonment for residents who “endanger national security” on Friday, deepening worries about erosion of the city’s freedoms four years after Beijing imposed a similar law that all but wiped out public dissent. It’s widely seen as the latest step in a clampdown on political opposition […]
The foreign secretary this week warned Hong Kong authorities to reconsider enacting a new law—known as Article 23. It has deepened concerns over the erosion of freedoms in Hong Kong. NTD discussed this further with author and former British diplomat, Roger Garside.
HONG KONG—Twelve people were rescued from a rollercoaster in Hong Kong’s Disneyland after the ride stopped working on Wednesday afternoon, police and fire services said after they deployed dozens of personnel to the site. Police and fire services were called for assistance from 3.16 pm (0716 GMT) after the Disney ride Hyperspace Mountain stopped working. […]
This week a Hong Kong court ordered the liquidation of the Chinese property giant Evergrande, and the Hong Kong leader enacted another draconian security law. NTD discussed this with former British diplomat and author of the China Coup, Roger Garside.
Nicole Kidman’s new drama “Expats” was filmed in Hong Kong, but the series isn’t available to those who are living in the city. “Expats” depicts the lives of three American women, and it features scenes from the Umbrella Movement, when thousands of Hong Kongers took to the streets to call for a transparent election.
HONG KONG—A Hong Kong court on Thursday found four people guilty of rioting after the legislature of the financial center was stormed during pro-democracy protests in 2019. The verdict comes after eight others had already plead guilty to charges over the incident when hundreds of protesters besieged Hong Kong’s Legislative Council building on July 1, […]
Hong Kong announced plans on Tuesday for a new law that would expand its national security powers. The new laws would builds on the sweeping legislation that Beijing imposed on the city in 2020 following massive pro-democracy protests the year before.
Evergrande now stands as the symbol of China’s real estate crisis and it’s been sentenced to death by a Hong Kong court. Anders Corr, publisher of the Journal of Political Risk and the principal of Corr Analytics spoke to NTD about the decision’s impact on China’s economy.
A conference addressing pressing human rights issues in China was held at the United Nations in Geneva on Jan. 22. The focus of this event revolved around the impending Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of China, with particular attention to the ongoing persecution and forced organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners. The past five years have […]
Jimmy Lai stands as the foremost figure facing charges under Beijing’s national security law, enforced in Hong Kong in 2020. NTD interviewed Mark Sabah, director for the U.K. and EU at the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation for insight.
Jimmy Lai, a prominent publisher and pro-democracy activist, pleaded not guilty on Jan. 2 in a landmark trial, as prosecutors laid out details of what they called colluding with foreign forces threatening national security. Mr. Lai, founder of a now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, faces two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces under […]
