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    'Hong Kong is China's Hong Kong': Beijing hits back at U.S. for 'slandering' city's new security law

    China's embassy hits back against U.S. criticism of Hong Kong's new national security law, urging the U.S. to "respect China's sovereignty."

  • Hong Kong’s South China Athletic Association investigates data hack, 70,000 data subjects affected

    The South China Athletic Association (SCAA) is investigating a leak of members’ personal data, it said on Monday, as the privacy watchdog’ office warned that around 70,000 data subjects had been affected. The non-profit sports organisation said that names, birthdays, HKID numbers and correspondence addresses had been breached. “We deeply regret this incident and have […]

  • China Blasts Criticism Of New Hong Kong Security Law As 'Smears'

    China blasted critics of Hong Kong's new national security law on Wednesday, after Western powers and the United Nations said it would further curtail freedoms in the city.Hong Kong, a former colony of Britain before the 1997 handover back to China, on Tuesday passed a security law commonly referred to as Article 23 to punish five crimes after a fast-tracked legislative process.British foreign minister David Cameron said it was a "rushed" process for a law that would "further damage the rights...

  • Beijing lied, Hong Kong died: Brash beacon of freedom subdued by communist China

    Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, March 28, 2024 There was no hint of dissent in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council as its 88 members passed Article 23, a piece of draconian domestic Security legislation which “complements” Beijing’s own 2020 Security stamp on the Special Administrative Region. Instead, the local lawmakers, led by Chief Executive […]

  • Lies, ideology and repression: China seals Hong Kong’s failed-state fate

    The former British territory was a flawed success. Xi Jinping has ended that with the punitive and hastily passed article 23 So farewell, Hong Kong. The vibrant, pulsating city-state that grew, under British rule, into one of the world’s great financial, business, cultural and tourism hubs has finally been brought to heel. Browbeaten, abused, silenced. Trust Xi Jinping, China’s dementor president, to suck out all the joy. Last Wednesday was the UN’s International Day of Happiness. But it was a...

    • WDTN

    Hong Kong lawmakers hold special session, nearing vote on law that could further quash dissent

    HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's lawmakers met in a special session to resume debate on a proposed national security law Tuesday, paving the way to grant the government more power to quash dissent in the southern Chinese city. The legislation is widely seen as the latest step in a sweeping political crackdown that followed []

  • Hong Kong leader says prisoners jailed for national security crimes unlikely to get early release

    Hong Kong’s leader said Tuesday that prisoners convicted for serious national security crimes would not likely be granted early release under the tightened rules of a new national security law, signaling a hardening government stance against jailed political activists.

  • Article 23: China hits back at criticism of Hong Kong’s hardline new security law

    Beijing dismisses chorus of concern from western governments over punitive new law as slanderChina has accused western governments and the United Nations of slander after they criticised Hong Kong’s new national security law, which was rushed through the city’s pro-Beijing parliament this week.The law, known as Article 23, covers newly defined acts of treason, espionage, theft of state secrets, sedition and foreign interference. Critics said it was ushering in a “new era of authoritarianism”,...

    • CNN

    Hong Kong passes second national security law, widening crackdown powers and aligning city more closely with mainland China

    Hong Kong’s legislature unanimously passed sweeping new powers on Tuesday that critics and analysts warned would align the financial hub’s national security laws more closely with those used on the Chinese mainland and deepen an ongoing crackdown on dissent. The lengthy national security bill – the first draft ran to 212 pages – was rushed through the city’s opposition-less Legislative Council with unusual haste at the request of city leader John Lee and debated over just 11 days. Coming into...

  • 19 firms sign deal in gov’t push to boost Hong Kong’s tech sector, 70% from mainland China

    Nineteen firms from mainland China and the US have signed an agreement to set up offices or expand in Hong Kong as part of a government drive to draw international innovation and technology (I&T) companies to the city. Chief Executive John Lee said during a signing ceremony on Wednesday that the firms, some of which […]

  • Australia’s Penny Wong hosts China’s Wang Yi in Canberra to talk trade, human rights, Hong Kong

    China and Australia claimed to have stabilised long-strained relations after talks in Canberra on Wednesday, despite tensions over a high-profile prisoner, trade and China’s crackdowns in Hong Kong and elsewhere remaining evident. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Australia for the first time since 2017, marking a diplomatic thaw between two trading partners who have […]

  • The devil’s plan for godlessness: Communist China

    The world’s greatest threat to the pro-life movement, freedom of religion, and world stability is entirely man-made: the scourge of communism. Communism is founded on hate, which requires a constant fuel of hatred to sustain itself. Steven Mosher recounts the encounters that come from his horrifying research — coming face to face with “absolute evil” — watching perfectly healthy children be murdered in China, only for violating the communist one-child policy. Mosher minces no words: Communism is...