Category: joseph zen

Senate Targets Beijing for Violating Hong Kong Democracy and ‘Double Voting’ at World Bodies

Forty U.S. senators signed a non-binding motion on March 15, requiring the U.S. government to utilize any feasible tools in unwavering response to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) suppression of democratic freedoms in Hong Kong. The resolution lays out the actions taken by the CCP in undermining the 1984 agreement of one country, two systems,…


Hong Kong Court Convicts Cardinal Zen, 5 Others Over Fund for Pro-Democracy Protesters

HONG KONG—A 90-year-old Roman Catholic cardinal and five others in Hong Kong were fined after being found guilty Friday of failing to register a now-defunct fund that aimed to help people arrested in the widespread protests three years ago. Cardinal Joseph Zen, a retired bishop and a vocal democracy advocate of the city, arrived at…