Since being remanded in December 2020, Joshua Wong, the former member of the Hong Kong political party Demosistō, shared his views on how people should approach the decision to stay or leave Hong Kong on his social media page on June 12. Wong believes the decision should not be judged as right or wrong and…
Jailed Activist Joshua Wong: Embrace the Decision to Stay or Leave, Don’t Judge Right or Wrong
Congressional Commission Nominates Chinese Democratic Activists for Nobel Peace Prize
June 3, 2023
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On the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, a U.S. congressional panel nominated Chinese democratic activists for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. Thirty-four years ago, on June 3, 1989, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders ordered the military to remove the student-led demonstrators who had occupied Tiananmen Square for nearly two months demanding democracy in China….
Joshua Wong Sentenced in Another Hong Kong Activism Case
HONG KONG—Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced Monday to three months in prison for breaching court bans on disclosing personal information about a police officer who injured a protester during 2019 pro-democracy protests. Wong rose to prominence in 2014 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong and was in custody after he indicated his intention to…
Activist at 14, University Graduate Today
Wong Ji-yuet, one of the defendants in the pro-democracy primary election case who was released on bail, recently revealed that she has graduated from university. She wanted to state her gratitude to all the “friends” and teachers who helped her during a most challenging time. In June 2020, Wong announced her candidacy for the democratic…
Joshua Wong Wrote From Prison After Two Years: ‘I Am Still Standing’
Joshua Wong, former secretary general of Demosisto Hong Kong, who has been imprisoned for the past two years, updated his status on social media through a friend on Nov. 23. In the post, Wong wanted to tell the world he was still standing and had not been beaten down yet. Wong shared in his latest…
HKU Library Special Collections Department Limits Access to Publications
November 3, 2022
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The library of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has introduced a new reservation system for the Special Collections department. Readers must make an appointment and register before browsing the books in that section. Readers who wish to scan, photocopy, or photograph materials in the Special Collections department, must first fill out a form explaining…
Nathan Law’s Exile Is Proof of Hong Kong’s Democratic Decline
Born in the 90s, Nathan Law Kwun-chung never considered that he would be forced to leave his beloved Hong Kong; but that happened after he chose the path of fighting for freedom. Growing up in a poor family that emigrated from the mainland, Law’s mom moved to Hong Kong from China before she and her…
Misplaced Hope for Hong Kong’s Future
Commentary By the time this article is published, the last quarter countdown is on: we have less than 100 days before 2022 comes to an end. In today’s article, I try to recap important news in Hong Kong that has recently caught people’s attention. The Hong Kong government just announced the relaxation of COVID-19 quarantine…
Hong Kong Protester Joshua Wong: Meals Ordered From Outside Prison Are Costly
On July 28, a friend of Joshua Wong Chi-fung, former Secretary General of the pro-democracy party Demosisto, posted a social media message about Wong’s life in prison. Wong has been jailed in Stanley Prison, Hong Kong, since March 2021 due to his actions related to the 2019 protests and later for his involvement in the…
US Commission Says Hong Kong Activist Agnes Chow Should Never Have Been Imprisoned
June 13, 2021
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The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers, on June 12 spoke out against the imprisonment of Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow. Chow, 24, was released from prison on Saturday morning after serving more than six months for taking part in an unauthorized protest near the police headquarters in Hong Kong…
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