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UK Urged to Shun Trade Talks With China After 90-Year-Old Hong Kong Cardinal Arrested

The British government has been urged to sanction Hong Kong and Beijing officials and shun trade talks with the Chinese regime, after Hong Kong authorities arrested five pro-democracy figures including 90-year-old Cardinal Joseph Zen. Hong Kong police arrested Zen, who was the former head of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong, as well as singer…


Samuel Chu on Hong Kong’s Future: ‘Once People Have Tasted Freedom, You Can’t Tell Them to Forget It’

Hong Kong’s upcoming executive election has just one candidate. This Sunday, the city will “choose” its next chief executive. Meanwhile, the Chinese communist regime continues to clamp down on the ever-shrinking freedoms in the city. Why do the people of Hong Kong continue to fight for change? I speak with Samuel Chu, a Hong Kong…


Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam Will Not Seek 2nd Term as City Leader

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Monday that she will not be running for a second term as the city’s leader. “I will not run in the sixth chief executive elections,” Lam told reporters. “In other words, I will complete my five-year chief executive term on June 30, and will officially end my…


Hong Kong to Lift COVID-19 Flight Ban on 9 Countries

Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Monday that the government will lift its anti-COVID-19 flight ban on nine countries and shorten the 14 day quarantine period to 7 beginning April 1, after earlier stating that the current measures would be in place until April 20. The nine countries include Australia, Canada, France, India, Nepal,…


Hong Kong Mulls Mandatory COVID Testing To Combat Fifth Wave: Report

Hong Kong is mulling over making coronavirus testing compulsory for all residents as it battles its fifth wave of the CCP virus outbreak, local media reported Thursday, following Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s “important instructions” regarding Hong Kong’s anti-epidemic efforts. The government has planned to have all 7.5 million residents be tested for the CCP (Chinese Communist…


Hong Kong Virus Cluster in Housing Prompts Partial Lockdown

HONG KONG—Hong Kong expanded a partial lockdown and tightened pandemic restrictions Tuesday after more than 200 cases of COVID-19 were discovered at a public housing estate. Hong Kong has already suspended many overseas flights and requires arrivals to be quarantined. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said a second residential block at the Kwai Chung housing…


Hong Kong Leader Announces Class Suspensions

Hong Kong’s primary schools and kindergartens will pause in-person learning on Friday due to COVID-19. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday that if the virus situation improves, students can return to class after the Lunar New Year holiday in the first week of February. She added that students will eventually be able to go…


Hong Kong Bans Flights From Eight Countries Amid Emerging Omicron Outbreak

Hong Kong authorities have announced a 14-day ban on flights from eight countries, including Australia, amid the latest Omicron outbreak. Carrie Lam, the Beijing-appointed Hong Kong leader, announced on Jan.5 that incoming flights from Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, France, the Philippines, India, and Pakistan will be banned from midnight on Jan….


Hong Kong Leader Rebukes ‘Extinction’ Assertion of City’s Press Freedom

Pro-Beijing Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam claimed that press freedom was still there in her city, after two local independent media outlets shut down in recent days, following a police clampdown against one of them in late December. “This morning I read news about, because of the closure of online medium, press freedom in Hong…


Hong Kong Leader Denies City’s Press Freedom Faces ‘Extinction’ After Closure of 2 Media Outlets

Pro-Beijing Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam claimed that press freedom was still there in her city, after two local independent media outlets shut down in recent days, following a police clampdown against one of them in late December. “This morning I read news about, because of the closure of online medium, press freedom in Hong…