Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong police probe into Tiananmen Square vigil organisers not a ‘crackdown on civil society’, Carrie Lam says
South China Morning Post, August 31, 2021

Security law: Hong Kong court denies bail to speech therapists behind kid’s book about sheep and wolves
Hong Kong Free Press, August 30, 2021

Hong Kong Law Society will offer legal perspective only when it comes to social issues, new president says
South China Morning Post, August 31, 2021

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張達明辭任律師會理事(HKU legal scholar Eric Cheung quits Law Society council citing personal reasons)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 30, 2021

Hong Kong district councillor who shot vid of riot police storming MTR 2 years ago receives threatening letter, blade
Hong Kong Free Press, August 31, 2021

【光城者案】再多一人被控「串謀恐怖活動」 17 歲女子 9.1 西九提堂(Another 17-year-old is charged with conspiracy to commit terrorist activities in “Returning Valiant” case)
Stand News, August 31, 2021

【12.25 葵芳】元氣壽司外非法集結罪成 三人判囚 4 月 另三青年判入勞教和更生中心(Three sentenced to four months in jail and three to correctional centre over unauthorized gathering in the 2019 protests)
Stand News, August 31, 2021

大埔區議員姚鈞豪非法集結罪成 判囚3個月(Tai Po District Councilor Herman Yiu receives 3 months jail sentence over unauthorized assembly on anniversary of death of HKUST student Chow Tsz-lok who fell from a car park during the 2019 protests)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 31, 2021

Hong Kong real name SIM card registration to roll out, but gov’t says it won’t regulate int’l roaming SIMs
Hong Kong Free Press, August 31, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s biggest teachers’ union amends constitution to speed up disbandment under government pressure
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2021

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‘I’ve got evidence’: Hong Kong police chief warns political groups disbanding will not help if they have broken the law
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2021

National security law: Hong Kong children’s books trio remanded in custody after being charged with conspiracy to distribute seditious material
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2021

曾任支聯會核數師 何鐵文蘇漢章梁樹賢會計師行:今年1月已辭任(Pro-Beijing Hong Kong daily questions Hong Kong Alliance's auditors on handling of funds involved in "collusion with foreign forces")
Ming Pao, August 30, 2021

Hong Kong director accused of flouting Covid-19 rules over screening to take case to court instead of paying fine
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2021

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區議員在辦事處舉行電影放映會 食環署稱將作檢控(Food and Environmental Hygiene Department to pursue criminal prosecution of district councilor organizing film screening in office)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 28, 2021

《幻愛》放映會被發限聚令告票 導演周冠威:冇恐懼 分享電影 樂在其中(Director Kiwi Chow among those given violation tickets for joining film screening, says he has no fear and feels joy of sharing movie)
Stand News, August 28, 2021

Why Hong Kong’s Democratic Party is not worried about its future despite unseating of sole opposition lawmaker
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2021

Hong Kong independent bookstore Bleak House Books to close
Hong Kong Free Press, August 29, 2021

A virtual Noah’s Ark: Hongkongers race to archive democracy movement amid city-wide purge
Agence France-Presse, August 28, 2021

Hong Kong protests: student faces up to 7 years in jail after pleading guilty to rioting over role in PolyU siege
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2021

2人參與反國歌法示威分別判社服令及監禁7個月(2 sentenced to community service and 7 month in jail, respectively, over 2020 anti-National Anthem Law protest)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 28, 2021

Hong Kong is eighth safest city in world overall, but ranks badly when it comes to personal and environmental security
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2021

Hong Kong Newspaper Treated as Agent of Foreign State in US
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong lawmaker Cheng Chung-tai unseated after failing patriotism test
Hong Kong Free Press, August 26, 2021

立法會選舉押後 市民提覆核稱違憲 高院拒發許可稱港法院無權覆核人大決定(High Court rejects application for review of constitutionality of Legco election delay, citing lack of power to challenge NPC's decision)
Ming Pao, August 26, 2021

Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil organiser acted as agent for foreigners, national security police claim
Hong Kong Free Press, August 26, 2021

EXCLUSIVE Hong Kong's former chief judge says upholding rule of law not political
Reuters, August 26, 2021

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「法治並非政治概念」 馬道立律師會周年大會發言全文(Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma’sfull speech at Law Society annual meeting)
Stand News, August 26, 2021

Hong Kong law change gives gov’t lawyers easier route to senior counsel status
Hong Kong Free Press, August 26, 2021

楊潤雄稱會加強推動價值觀教育及國民教育(Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung vows to strengthen value and national education)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 26, 2021

【國安教育】教育局發信中小學 指國旗法通過修訂後 學校須每日升國旗(Education Bureau sends letter instructing schools to raise national flag every day following passage of National Flag and National Emblem Bill )
Stand News, August 26, 2021

Hong Kong newspaper Sing Tao forced to register US arm as a foreign agent
South China Morning Post, August 26, 2021

Nearly 65,000 Hongkongers have applied for BN(O) visa scheme so far amid exodus under national security law
South China Morning Post, August 26, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong national security police demand info from Tiananmen Massacre vigil organiser
Hong Kong Free Press, August 25, 2021

National security law: Hong Kong group behind annual Tiananmen Square vigil under investigation for suspected collusion with foreign forces
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2021

Hong Kong Law Society members with establishment ties now dominate its council after liberals suffer election defeat
Hong Kong Free Press, August 25, 2021

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律師會改選「親建制派」全勝 鄭若驊:望日後繼續合作(Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng looks forward to working with Law Society following big win by pro-establishment camp)
Stand News, August 25, 2021

Democratic Party chief hits back after Lam says political parties shunning Hong Kong elections are ‘strange’
Hong Kong Free Press, August 25, 2021

過去 3 年 7 職工會自行解散 羅致光:若曾違法,定必嚴肅跟進(7 trade unions disbanded over last 3 years; Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong: Will look into any violations)
Stand News, August 25, 2021

National security law: Hong Kong’s PolyU tells student union to take magazine off shelves over ‘inappropriate’ content
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2021

China’s new data privacy law will create fresh challenges for Hong Kong businesses: former privacy chief
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2021

Hong Kong Gay Games ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’ and threat to national security, lawmakers warn
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2021

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何君堯斥同運會「披著羊皮的狼」 自由黨:看法一致(Pro- Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho slams Gay Games as “a wolf in sheep's skin” that endangers national security)
inmedia.hk, August 25, 2021

Hong Kong student sentenced to more than 2 years in jail for rioting on night of Tiananmen Square vigil
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2021

Hong Kong creative industry ‘shrouded in worries and fears’ amid chilling effect of ‘red lines’ under national security law
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2021

【禁片年代】「不利國安」影片可禁映 張婉婷:業界好擔憂 學者:審查紅線更模糊(Academic raises concern over vagueness of "unfavorable to national security" film censorship redline)
Stand News, August 25, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Do not mistake delay to anti-sanctions law for Hong Kong as climbdown by China, analysts say, as targeted weapons against Western powers still in works
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2021

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Beijing’s anti-sanctions law for Hong Kong: why is it being postponed? What do we know and don’t know about the delay?
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2021

Group behind Tiananmen vigil in Hong Kong to hold discussion on future ‘in days’
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2021

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支聯會副主席鄒幸彤稱目前沒任何解散決定(Hong Kong Alliance vice-chair Chow Hang-tung says there is no disbandment decision at the moment)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 20, 2021

Council member of Hong Kong’s largest lawyers’ association withdraws re-election bid, citing safety fears as group makes police report over ‘threats’
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2021

Hong Kong protests: first aid volunteer cleared of rioting charge as judge rules helping the injured no ‘basis for conviction’
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2021

Hong Kong must speed up economic development and integration with nation, Beijing officials warn lawmakers
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2021

民主派初選47人案|譚凱邦高院申保釋被拒(High court denies bail to Roy Tam, one of the 47 pro-democracy figures charged under the National Security Law)
Ming Pao, August 23, 2021

Hong Kong Court Sentences Minor to Training Center Over Role in 2019 Protests
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2021

‘It’s about self-censorship’: Hong Kong counsellors struggle to navigate security law concerns
Hong Kong Free Press, August 22, 2021

九龍塘站大堂及月台加裝多部國企大華 CCTV 港鐵:無人臉識別功能(Kowloon Tong railway station installs CCTVs made by state-owned Dahua, known for facial recognition tech for surveilling Uyghurs)
Stand News, August 20, 2021

Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam faces public Q’s for first time in 2 years, hears 1 directly critical opinion from crowd largely selected by gov’t
Hong Kong Free Press, August 23, 2021

Hong Kong garrison of People’s Liberation Army launches land-air-sea exercise testing fugitive-hunting capability
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Beijing unexpectedly postpones vote on adding anti-sanctions legislation to Hong Kong’s Basic Law
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2021

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担忧港版反制裁法引发外资逃亡,中国人大紧急叫停表决(NPC abruptly halts vote on Hong Kong version of anti-sanctions law over concern for foreign capital flight)
Voice of America, August 20, 2021

田飛龍:中央需評估美國與香港脫鈎風險(Tian Feilong, director of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macau Studies, says Beijing needs to assess U.S.-Hong Kong decoupling risks)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 20, 2021

7 Hong Kong democrats plead guilty to offences linked to 2019 protests
Hong Kong Free Press, August 20, 2021

Yuen Long mob attacks: Pro-gov’t YouTuber apologises as man, 87, arrested over internet ‘confession’
Hong Kong Free Press, August 20, 2021

Hong Kong protests: teen gets up to 3 years at training centre for carrying firebombs, role in 2019 demonstration
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2021

兩男女涉製作派發港獨傳單 高院准17歲男生保釋(High Court grants bail to 17-year-old student over distributing Hong Kong independence leaflet after 2-month detention)
Ming Pao, August 20, 2021

‘Taiwan is not a country’: Hong Kong regulator raps broadcaster RTHK for referring to ‘nation’ in election story
Hong Kong Free Press, August 20, 2021

Former part-time RTHK journalist charged with possession of imitation firearms
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2021

now 新聞台《時事全方位》再換主持 時事評論員王慧麟離任(Another commentator, Max Wong, quits Now News current affairs program after pro-Beijing news head Chan Tit Piu took office)
Stand News, August 20, 2021

學者黃偉國宣布已離港定居英國 曾不獲浸大續約、被左媒點名批評(Benson Wong, former assistant professor in political science who was attacked by state-controlled newspaper, leaves Hong Kong for UK)
Stand News, August 20, 2021

Hong Kong’s government is crushing the city’s pro-democracy unions
The Economist, August 21st 2021 edition

Hardline Beijing loyalist Arthur Li ‘honoured’ to be named to Hong Kong’s Basic Law Committee
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2021

‘Law and order collapsed’: Hong Kong artist Kacey Wong on finding freedom in Taiwan
The Guardian, August 19, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

National security law: 3 of 4 University of Hong Kong students arrested over motion mourning police assailant expected to be charged with advocating terrorism
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2021

【學生會辭職】中大臨政、學生報等逾十人辭職 臨政主席:已做唔到啲咩(More than 10 members of the Provisional Executive Committee of the Chinese University students' union and its newspaper resign)
Stand News, August 18, 2021

Humanitarian fund helping arrested Hong Kong protesters will halt operations by October 31
Hong Kong Free Press, August 18, 2021

3 opposition activists to plead guilty to charges arising from unauthorised rally on July 1, 2020
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2021

【立法會】教育局申請新職位監察學校執行國安教育 公社科科主任要為教材問責(Education Bureau to set up new position for monitoring national security education at schools; Citizenship and Social Development subject heads are accountable for teaching materials)
Stand News, August 18, 2021

律師會理事斥林鄭抹黑:非常嚴重嘅威脅(Law society council member slams Carrie Lam for smearing)
inmedia.hk, August 18, 2021

Explainer | China’s anti-sanctions law: what is it, how will it take effect in Hong Kong and should the business community worry?
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2021

Hong Kong authorities evade questions over ‘retrospective’ security law, despite Lam comments to UN
Hong Kong Free Press, August 18, 2021

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong Leader: Groups Crossing 'Red Lines' Should Disband
Associated Press, August 17, 2021

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Hong Kong security chief warns disbanded teachers’ union and protest organiser can still be investigated for crimes
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2021

How did Chinese propaganda force Hong Kong's largest teachers union to disband?
GlobalVoices, August 17, 2021

Hong Kong leader warns top legal body to stay out of politics
Agence France-Presse, August 17, 2021

言語治療師總工會接「擬取消職工會登記通知書」(General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists receives notice of registration cancellation from Labour Department)
Ming Pao, August 17, 2021

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam reveals government has opened talks on implementing China’s anti-sanctions law, but timetable for enacting this year ‘extremely tight’
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2021

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China or the US: Hong Kong firms could soon face difficult choice
Deutsche Welle, August 16, 2021

China’s anti-sanctions law raises risks for global banks and financial firms in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2021

Hong Kong activist Tong Ying-kit to challenge national security case verdict and 9-year jail term
Hong Kong Free Press, August 17, 2021

Beijing officials to host first seminar for Hong Kong lawmakers at Legislative Council, brief on 14th five-year plan
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2021

Hong Kong's Population Falls For Second Year Running Amid Exodus
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2021

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Brain drain both a boon and a curse
The Standard, August 17, 2021

張崑陽宣布留美申政庇 將於約翰霍普金斯大學讀碩士(Activist Sunny Cheung, in self-exile, applies for political asylum in U.S., to pursue graduate studies at Johns Hopkins)
Stand News, August 17, 2021

以永久離港為由提早提取強積金申索金額按年升兩成七(Total amount of Provident Fund withdrawal due to "permanently leaving HK" increased by 27%)
Stand News, August 17, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Organiser of mass Hong Kong demos Civil Human Rights Front disbands citing ‘unprecedented challenges’
Hong Kong Free Press, August 15, 2021

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Hong Kong protests: as Civil Human Rights Front folds, police and Beijing warn legal troubles far from over
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2021

Hong Kong: Closure of prominent rights group signals worrying domino effect
Amnesty International, August 15, 2021

民陣宣布解散 約160萬元資產會捐給合適團體(Civil Human Rights Front to donate HK$1.6million worth of assets to suitable orgs following its disbandment)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 15, 2021

葉國謙認為民陣解散不代表香港今後沒有大型遊行(Executive Council member Ip Kwok-him believes disbandment of Civil Human Rights Front doesn't mean Hong Kong will no longer have mass protests)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 15, 2021

Explainer: A 48-year-old union gone in 11 days – how Hong Kong teachers lost a powerful voice
Hong Kong Free Press, August 15, 2021

Hong Kong’s Justice Sec. warns law societies to steer clear of politics after Chinese state media blasts barristers
Hong Kong Free Press, August 16, 2021

How Beijing Has Buried Hong Kong's Last Vestige of Democracy
The New York Times, August 15, 2021

Hong Kong Election Committee’s mainland China-linked ‘patriotic force’ likely to dampen influence of property tycoons
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2021

Analysis: How almost everyone running for Hong Kong’s new election committee will get a seat automatically
Hong Kong Free Press, August 14, 2021

Officers working with Hong Kong privacy watchdog won’t always need warrant to search phones or computers under doxxing law
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021

Hong Kong must implement China’s anti-sanctions law but status as international business hub will be taken into account, finance chief Paul Chan says
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2021

港大新生註冊日 校方禁宣傳學生會 部分學會遮「SU」字眼(HKU freshmen registration day bans promotion of students’ union; some student societies hide “SU” wording)
Stand News, August 15, 2021

教育局資助幼稚園3000元買國旗及旗杆 盼增師生國家意識(Education Bureau funds kindergartens to purchase national flags and flagpoles to raise national consciousness)
Ming Pao, August 16, 2021

7.21元朗襲擊案 一白衣人暫控暴動明提堂(One more white-clad man charged for rioting over the 2019 Yuen Long mob attack)
Ming Pao, August 13, 2021

涉前年破壞交通燈 4人判囚4個月 1人入勞教中心(Four sentenced to 4 months in jail and one to correctional center for damaging traffic lights in the 2019 protests)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 16, 2021

王婆婆獄中親筆信:不會放棄我應該要做的事情(“Grandma Wong” in letter from prison: I won’t give up what I should do.)
Stand News, August 15, 2021