Tag: subversion

Hong Kong 47 Trial: Former District Councilor Choose Good, Kindness, and Justice Over a Reduced Sentence

Owen Chow may be unfamiliar to the western world, but to Hongkongers, he was part of their battle for freedom. Chow is also one of the 47 democrats contacted by the National Security police and informed to report to the police station on Feb. 28, 2021. He was detained until June 22, 2021, when he…


Hong Kong Police Detain Key Pro-Democracy Politician on Subversion Charge

HONG KONG—Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested a veteran pro-democracy politician who was granted bail last August for medical treatment after spending more than a year in detention on a subversion charge. Albert Ho, 71, once led the city’s largest opposition group, the Democratic Party, and is a lawyer who runs his own law firm….


Taiwan Media Ranked as Most Exposed to Chinese Influence, Taipei Fights Chinese Disinformation

Taiwan’s media and society ranked top in exposure to Chinese influence according to a “China Index 2022” report by Taipei-based think tank Doublethink Lab. The report, published on Dec. 8, evaluates the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) influence on 82 countries and territories worldwide. The index measures the degree of CCP influence in nine domains: academia,…


Hong Kong Denies Australia Access to Detained Citizen, Violating International Law

Australia has, for the past year, been denied access to a citizen arrested in Hong Kong for alleged “subversion” under the territory’s sweeping national security law, Canberra officials confirmed on Tuesday. The individual is currently awaiting trial and could be jailed for life if found guilty. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said…


China Insider: Leading Hong Kong Dissidents Charged With Subversion

Forty-seven Hong Kong activists were charged on Feb. 28 with conspiracy to commit subversion, in the largest single clampdown on the city’s pro-democracy opposition under a Beijing-imposed “national security law.”


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People With Suspected Ties to Beijing Vandalize Falun Gong Adherents’ Booths in Hong Kong

In Hong Kong, the safety of local adherents of the spiritual practice Falun Gong is again under close scrutiny after several of their roadside information booths were vandalized by people with suspected ties to the Chinese regime. Whether they could continue to freely practice their beliefs became a concern ever since Beijing imposed a draconian…