Two more universities in Hong Kong erased public artwork commemorating Beijing’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, mainly students, known as the Tiananmen Massacre. Just before dawn on Dec. 24, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) took down a statue depicting a woman holding a flame. The 21-foot tall bronze sculpture, named “Goddess of Democracy,”…
More Hong Kong Universities Take Down Tiananmen Memorials
December 24, 2021
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Why Hong Kong Removed a Tiananmen Memorial
December 23, 2021
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HONG KONG—It happened in the dead of night. Workers at the University of Hong Kong put up barriers that largely blocked their activity from view and, over the next several hours, took the towering “Pillar of Shame” statue and carted it away in a container truck early Thursday . The 26-foot-tall sculpture, which was removed…
Hong Kong’s Jailed or Exiled Democrats Lament Sunday Election
HONG KONG—For scores of Hong Kong democrats, this year’s legislative elections were supposed to be a landmark moment for the movement in the face of what they saw as Beijing’s increasing encroachment on Hong Kong’s way of life. Democrats thought they would win a majority that would give them a strong say in the future…
Nathan Law: Communist China’s Rise Is ‘Existential Crisis’ for Liberal Democracies
December 14, 2021
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“The world had been really complacent towards the rise of China. We’ve opened up ourselves to them, including them in WTO, including them in all the international systems. But we have not developed any mechanism to hold them accountable. It’s just like we’re inviting a wolf into the house.” In this episode, we sit down…
Hong Kong Man Sentenced to 28 Months in Jail for Tossing Water Bottle at Police
A Hong Kong man was sentenced to two years, four months in prison after being convicted of rioting for tossing a water bottle at police during an anti-extradition law protest in 2019 that the judge described as an “unequal civil war.” Lai Chun-lok, a 29-year-old gravestone factory worker, was sentenced by District Judge Ernest Lin…
Hong Kong Convicts Second Person Under National Security Law
October 26, 2021
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong has convicted a second person under its sweeping national security law for chanting pro-independence slogans, amid a political clampdown in the city. Ma Chun-man was convicted of inciting secession on Monday after he was found to have chanted slogans such as “Hong Kong independence, the only way out” on 20 occasions between…
US Decries ‘Politically Motivated Prosecutions’ in Hong Kong
October 21, 2021
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The State Department expressed serious concerns about the continued deterioration of freedoms in Hong Kong, telling Beijing to cease its “politically-motivated arrests” and release the “unjustly detained” in the regime’s ever-expanding clampdown. “We note in particular the increase in politically-motivated prosecutions, including through the National Security Law, targeting Hong Kong’s teachers, labor unions, lawyers, journalists,…
Five Hong Kong Students Get Nearly 5 Years in Jail Over 2019 Protest
Five Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) students were sentenced to up to four years 11 months in prison for taking part in protests. The charges included rioting and breaching a mask-ban on the campus two years ago. In mid-2019, tens of thousands took to the streets to protest against the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP)…
Pompeo Calls for Hong Kong’s Freedom, Criticizing the Chinese Communist Party
October 19, 2021
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SAN JOSE, Calif.—Hong Kong Freedom Beacon invited former Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and senior policy advisor, Miles Yu, for an event at the Calvary Chapel to discuss the liberation of Hong Kong and call for an end to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). During the event, Pompeo said the CCP’s Marxist ideologies are contrary…
7 Hong Kong Activists Jailed Over Protest Against National Security Law
October 17, 2021
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A Hong Kong court has jailed seven pro-democracy activists for up to 12 months on Oct. 16 over their involvement in an anti-government protest last year. The protest, although banned by the police citing CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus restrictions, took place on July 1, 2020, hours after a sweeping national security law imposed by…
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