Category: HK Current Affairs

Protesters Warn Hong Kong Ballet Performance is China United Front Work

A group of activists protested in front of a theater in New York, where the Hong Kong Ballet was performing as part of its U.S. tour. They warned audience members that the show was part of the CCP’s United Front work. The Hong Kong Ballet performed “Romeo and Juliet” in New York’s New York City…


Biden Administration Extends China Chip Curbs to Macau

Concerned over high-end chips and chip manufacturing equipment falling into the hands of Beijing through Macau, the Biden Administration has extended its strict chip export restrictions to Macau. In October 2022, The U.S. government announced the strictest chip export restrictions on China. On Jan. 17, the Biden administration further imposed the same export restrictions on…


Former Stand News Editor-in-Chief: Our Mission Was to Document and Report the Truth

Defunct Stand News was committed to documenting and reporting the truth, its former editor-in-chief told the court during its trial. Stand News, its former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-Kuen, and former acting editor-in-chief Lam Siu-tung are currently on trial after being charged under National Security Law with conspiring to publish inciting materials or publications. The Hong Kong National…


Former CCP Adviser Questions Number of Deaths in China

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced that the number of deaths in China from COVID-19 had increased from 30 as of Jan. 7, to 60,000, on Jan. 14. Lew Mon-hung, a former member of the CCP political advisory body, questioned the figures and revealed that there was a coffin shortage. On Jan. 7, a month…


Why Did Carrie Lam Fail to Make CCP’s Top Advisory Body?

Commentary Former Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam failed to make the list of the top the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) political advisory body, which means that she will not follow in the footsteps of former chief executives Tung Chee-hwa and Leung Chun-ying to serve as the vice chairperson of the committee and join the…


Jimmy Lai’s Son Urges UK to Secure Father’s Release from Hong Kong Prison

Sebastien Lai, together and his international legal team, are lobbying for the British Government to intervene and secure the release of his father, Jimmy Lai. The former Next Media founder and Apple Daily CEO has been in a Hong Kong prison for two years, mostly without bail. The Hong Kong National Security Law continues to…


New Nanoscale 3D Printing Techniques Developed

A team at The Chinese University, Hong Kong (CUHK), working with Carnegie Mellon University, has developed a new approach to 3D printing, allowing ultra-fine (Nano) products to be produced with improved resolution, rate of production, and lower manufacturing costs in a variety of materials. According to a press release by CUHK, a multi-disciplined research team headed…


Hong Kong University Study Finds Reward and Punishment System in Coral-Algae Relationship

The University of Hong Kong released a study that found corals may ‘punish’ the algae that live inside them by cutting off their food supply if such algae become selfish and renege on their part of the resource-sharing deal with the coral as part of their symbiosis—a mutually beneficial relationship. The study published on Nov….


Hardliner With Past Suppression Records Appointed Director of Hong Kong Liaison Office

On. Jan. 14, China appointed Zheng Yanxiong, the former director of the National Security Office of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Hong Kong, to replace Luo Huining as the director of the Liaison Office in Hong Kong. Zheng is the first head of the Liaison Office with a national security background, and the Liaison…


Japanese Photographer Denied Entry into Hong Kong After Exhibition on 2019 Pro-Democracy Movement

A Japanese photographer was refused entry into Hong Kong after she displayed her photos at an exhibition in Japan documenting the 2019 pro-democracy movement activities in Hong Kong. According to her Facebook post on Jan. 5, Michiko Kiseki, a Japanese photographer, who had planned to celebrate the New Year in Hong Kong, was refused entry…