Jimmy Lai Is Arrested in Hong Kong. Freedom Loses Again.
Early on Monday, the police in Hong Kong arrested Jimmy Lai, founder of the popular tabloid Apple Daily, on charges of collusion with a foreign...
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We’re All Hong Kongers Now
WASHINGTON — On Thursday, July 30, I fell asleep watching reruns of “Law and Order.” The next morning, I woke up a fugitive. Chinese state...
Hong Kong Officials Condemn and Mock Trump Administration Sanctions
Hong Kong and Chinese officials by turns condemned and mocked a Friday move by the Trump administration to impose sanctions on Hong Kong’s chief executive,...
Trump Administration Penalizes Chinese Officials for Hong Kong Crackdown
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday imposed sanctions on Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam and 10 other senior officials in Hong Kong and...
Why Did Hong Kong Delay Its Election — by a Year?
ImageMembers of the Civic Party at a news conference in Hong Kong on Thursday after 12 candidates were barred from running in the legislative election in...
With Security Law as a Cudgel, Beijing Cracks Down on Hong Kong
BEIJING — For weeks, as Beijing quickly drafted and imposed a stringent new national security law for Hong Kong, many in the territory feared the...
Hong Kong Puzzled by New Coronavirus Wave
Hong Kong once seemed like a model for how to control the coronavirus. Schools were open. Restaurants and malls buzzed with crowds. Buses and trains...
How China Scammed Hong Kong
ImageA police officer in Hong Kong on Tuesday standing guard near protesters opposing Beijing’s new national security legislation for the city. The law criminalizes, among...
China Is Set to Pass Hong Kong Security Law
China passed a contentious new law for Hong Kong on Tuesday that would empower the authorities to crack down on opposition to Beijing, risking deeper...
China’s New National Security Law Looms Over Hong Kong
Chinese lawmakers meeting from Sunday could approve a national security law as early as this week, drastically curbing political protest and dissent in Hong Kong...