NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Simon Cheng, a Hong Kong human rights activist who is exiled in the UK. Simon previously worked for the British Consulate-General in Hong Kong but was detained by the Chinese regime who he says tortured him to make him confess to being a British spy. He is now based […]
The Republic of Djibouti has signed a preliminary $1 billion deal with a Hong Kong company to build a facility to launch satellites and rockets in the African nation where the Chinese Communist regime has established a military base. Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh signed the partnership agreement with Hong Kong Aerospace Technology on Jan. […]
HONG KONG—A Hong Kong Court on Thursday rejected an application to terminate a sedition trial against now-defunct online pro-democracy media outlet Stand News, a case that could see two former top editors jailed if convicted. Former editors Chung Pui-kuen, 53, and Patrick Lam, 35, and the outlet’s parent company, Best Pencil (Hong Kong) Limited, have […]
Hong Kong media is reporting on what could be the first step. Starting January 3, overseas travelers to China will only need to quarantine at home for three days after arriving in the country. China’s borders have been closed to most international travelers for nearly three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The national security trial of Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai. was postponed for the second time on Dec. 13 after his British lawyer was denied a visa extension, according to local reports. The trial has been pushed back to Sept. 25, 2023, and is expected to last 40 days, pending a decision by […]
The World Health Organization is warning that tough times are ahead for China. Beijing is now U-turning on its zero-COVID-19 policy. Funeral homes in Beijing are struggling to meet increased demand for cremations. Video shows long queues of hearses waiting to store dead bodies. Lawmakers are introducing a new bill in Washington. The goal is […]
Hong Kong requested that Google remove a protest song from its top search results for Hong Kong’s national anthem and replace it with China’s national anthem, but the request was denied, the city’s security chief said Monday. Hong Kong’s security secretary, Chris Tang, said that Google refused to change the top search results for Hong […]
The United States has condemned a Hong Kong court decision to sentence pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai. to prison, a move that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime has characterized as an attempt to “whitewash criminals.” U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price on Sunday urged Chinese authorities “to respect freedom of expression, including for the […]
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy media tycoon, Jimmy Lai., was sentenced to five years and nine months in jail for fraud after being convicted of breaching a lease contract for his newspaper’s headquarters. Lai was found guilty of violating the terms of a lease for the headquarters of the now-defunct pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily after concealing the […]
