Toronto Star – “I expected to be older when 2047 came,” is the darkly humorous meme that has circulated among youth in Hong Kong over the last week. Teenagers here have grown up knowing that …
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Hong Kong was supposed to be autonomous from China until 2047. Here’s why that could all change now
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Hong Kong shops defy ban on trade in pangolin scales
Hong Kong (AFP) – On a winding Hong Kong street where shops keep a dizzying array of dried produce, one highly valued ingredient is still being sold despite being subject to an international ban: deep-fried …
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China mulls three years’ jail for anthem disrespect
Beijing (AFP) – Disrespecting China’s national anthem could carry a prison sentence of up to three years under a new draft law amendment, which may also affect Hong Kong and Macau, state media reported Tuesday. …
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Dark days for China’s democracy dream
Beijing/Hong Kong (AFP) – The death of Liu Xiaobo deprives China’s dissident movement of a crucial figurehead at a time when political activism on the mainland is being forced ever deeper underground, and pro-democracy forces …
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Hong Kong protests: Ebbing but maybe not ending
Analects, The Economist – THE number of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong has shrunk from tens of thousands at the demonstrations’ peak to a few hundred scattered across three districts of the city, as people return …
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Protesters to HK boss: Quit or we occupy buildings
HONG KONG, Associated Press — Student leaders of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong warned Wednesday that if the territory’s leader doesn’t resign by the end of Thursday they will step up their actions, including occupying …
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Hong Kong protesters try to win over tourists
HONG KONG (AP) — The luxury boutiques of Hong Kong’s Tsim Shai Tsui district are so mobbed with vacationing Chinese customers that store owners have put up red velvet ropes to control the crowds. Pro-democracy …
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Where the Flame Still Burns
The Economist – DESPITE choking heat, a record number of more than 180,000 people gathered in Hong Kong tonight, according to organisers, for the annual candlelit vigil to remember people killed when the Chinese armed forces suppressed the …
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Exclusive: Hong Kong freemasons angered by cash controversy ‘cover-up’ / Assault trial of Freemason in 2012 ‘unusual’
“Hong Kong freemasons angered by cash controversy ‘cover-up'” Published in the South China Morning Post on April 28, 2013. It is an organisation synonymous with secrecy, but one trying hard to change its image. However, confidential documents …
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Treatment of torture claimants in breach of laws and treaties
Landmark ruling by top court over way torture claimants are screened when seeking sanctuary could lead to hundreds of cases being re-opened This was published in the Sunday Morning Post on January 27, 2013. The …
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Never the Twain Shall Meet – Conversations with Pankaj Mishra and Niall Ferguson
When Pankaj Mishra picked holes in historian Niall Ferguson’s ode to imperialism, the Indian author kicked off a feud that has seen both antagonists call Hong Kong to the witness stand. Joanna Chiu steps into …
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The Squalid Truth
We’ve all heard about the miserable lives of people in subdivided flats. But Joanna Chiu decided to go further. She realised she could only really understand the problem by moving in herself This was published …