Monday, May 23, 2016

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong government pours cold water on call for a human rights commission
South China Morning Post, May 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1949919/hong-kong-government-pours-cold-water-call-human

HK-mainland trade drops in Q1
Xinhua, May 21, 2016
http://english.sina.com/news/2016-05-21/doc-ifxsktvr1038622.shtml

Hong Kong’s student leaders to miss Tiananmen Square vigil for first time after split with organisers
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1951566/hong-kongs-student-leaders-miss-tiananmen-square-vigil-first

Lights out for controversial 2047 “Countdown Machine” art installation on Hong Kong’s ICC building
港艺发局叫停ICC倒数机 创作人质疑高层权力人士介入
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1951495/lights-out-controversial-2047-countdown-machine
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/154dcf48b8c00b8/gang-yi-fa-ju-jiao-ting-icc-dao-shu-ji-chuang-zuo-ren-zhi-yi-gao-ceng-quan-li-ren-shi-jie-ru

泛民批评京官处理港独枪炮论武力恐吓 (Pan-dems denounce Beijing official’s talk of military treatment to Hong Kong’s independence advocacies as threats of violence)
Voice of America, May 22, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/hk-independence-20160522/3340837.html

Related:
Beijing will use law and public opinion to handle Hong Kong independence issue, not guns, insists prominent lawyer
South China Morning Post, May 22, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1950931/beijing-will-use-law-and-public-opinion-handle-hong-kong

Why people in Hong Kong scoff at China’s grandiose Belt and Road plans
South China Morning Post, May 22, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/business/global-economy/article/1950407/why-people-hong-kong-scoff-chinas-grandiose-belt-and-road

“六四”27周年前夕 港支联会举办民主风筝行动 (In the run up to the 27th anniversary of June Fourth, Hong Kong Alliance organizes kite flying activity for democracy)
Radio Free Asia, May 22, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl2-05222016113339.html