Commentary Hong Kong has long been regarded as ‘blessed’ (fudi), partially because political forces coexisted largely peacefully, despite occasional conflicts and struggles. This coexistence of peace and struggle is fully reflected in the death of leaders—Chiang Kai-shek (1975), president of the Republic of China; Mao Zedong (1976), chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and a…
180th Anniversary: How Hongkongers Should Understand the Treaty of Nanjing
Commentary August 29 marked the 180th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Nanjing, which ceded Hong Kong to Britain. Pro-establishment supporters and media took this opportunity to reiterate stereotyped propaganda, such as weak countries have no diplomacy, the British government has been brainwashing Hong Kong people throughout its rule, Hongkongers must get rid…
William Brooks: From Western Traditions to Political Indoctrination: A Cultural History of Education
Commentary Education forms the minds of citizens at an impressionable age. What is taught and learned in school eventually effects the life and character of a nation. Questions like who should control the schools, how education should be delivered, who should be teaching, what students should be learning, and how they should be taught have…
‘New China’ and Other Historical Issues
Commentary The Education Bureau of Hong Kong (EDB) recently explained in an online article why Hong Kong had not been a British colony from historical and legal perspectives. The article has nothing new, as it merely repeats political correctness by distorting basic historical facts. I started to expose EDB’s attempts to distort history in 2004…
Heightened Restrictions in Hong Kong for Xi Jinping’s ‘Expected’ Visit
Hong Kong has implemented heightened security measures ahead of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s “expected” visit for the 25th anniversary of the former British colony’s return to Chinese rule. On top of road closures and traffic controls, small unmanned aircraft have been banned throughout Hong Kong during the visit between June 30 and July 1, police…
To Plead Guilty or Not Guilty: Hong Kong Activists Share Their Thoughts
June 29, 2022
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In this article, we report the views of three Hong Kong activists who had faced court cases, two were charged with offenses in connection to the civil protests in 2019/20, the other faced charges in related to the June 4th candlelight vigil in 2020. We explored their decisions on whether to plead guilty, or not…
Hong Kong Legislative Council Attempts to Conceal Infamous Past
There are further signs the CCP continues to purge Hong Kong of its colonial past. After the Hong Kong government changed textbook contents, the Legislative Council website follows in unison, albeit a bit hastily. Lately the website is found to have removed the entire page of all recorded history of the Legislative Council, which had…
Rita Fan: Embarrasses the Communists over the Textbook Issue
Hong Kong has never been a colony, as claimed by all the four Citizenship and Social Development (CSD) textbooks submitted for approval, is a blatant distortion of history, on which I have been interviewed by five media up to now. Since there are no alternative voices left under the National Security Law, we no longer…
New Book Reveals 5-Year Diary Record of Hong Kong’s Last Governor
June 24, 2022
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Lord Christopher Patten, the last governor of Hong Kong, responded to the controversy over whether Hong Kong was once a colony at the launch of his new book on June 20. He said, “As the last Governor of Hong Kong, I do exist, and I am not a person made out of imagination.” This question…
‘Hong Kong Was Not a Colony?’ Scholar Criticizes CCP for Distorting History
Four of six Citizenship and Social Development textbooks submitted for review by the Hong Kong Education Bureau stated that “Hong Kong was not a former colony,” Hong Kong media Ming Pai Daily News recently revealed. Hong Kong historian Hans Yeung Wing-yu believes that this statement is not based on historical facts. In his view: “The…
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