Hong Kong

World 09/26/21, 05:21

A Hong Kong group that has organized an annual memorial on June 4 to honor the massacre of students in China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown is disbanding. The Hong Kong Alliance pro-democracy group reached their decision by vote on Saturday, Sept. 25, after apparent pressure from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ...

U.S. 07/28/21, 00:46

Beijing officials seemingly behaved more like violent criminals at the Biden administration's first official visit to mainland China. The U.S. deputy secretary of state met with Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Vice Minister Xie Feng in Tianjin city. They tried to hold diplomatic talks about bilateral relations on July 26. Wendy Sherman ...

Europe 07/23/21, 00:59

On July 20, 2021, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it will open a representative office in Lithuania's capital that will be the first 'embassy' in Europe to bear the island's name, defying the CCP's 'one China' policy. According to Taiwan News, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said the name of ...

Politics 05/14/21, 16:40

Organizers of Hong Kong's annual vigil to commemorate the deaths during the Tiananmen Square massacre announced on Tuesday, May 11, that individual vigils will be implemented on 4 June, after the government banned the historic mass event for the second year in a row, citing the pandemic as a pretext, ...

Asia & Pacific 03/11/21, 12:05

The Chinese Communist Party on Thursday, March 11, voted overwhelmingly in favor of a controversial bill, which will increase its control over Hong Kong's weakened electoral system. This is expected to affect CCP opponents in Hong Kong and those advocating independence from the Party, with absolute restrictions on their ability ...

Australia & Oceania 03/09/21, 16:18

Former Hong Kong legislator and pro-democracy activist Ted Hui, was granted a tourist visa by the Australian government to visit the country as part of a world tour to garner support for stronger action against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) by the international community and particularly the Australian government. Hui fled ...

Asia & Pacific 02/23/21, 12:33

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has ordered a complete end to the remnants of democracy that still survive in Hong Kong. It announced on Monday, Feb. 22, that "only patriots," loyal to the CCP, will be able to participate in the executive, judicial, legislative, and statutory departments of the city ...

United Kingdom 01/30/21, 17:05

Hong Kong citizens will be able to apply for a new visa, from Sunday, Jan. 31, that will open the door for them to become British citizens. The U.K. initiative came after the repressive advance of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over its former colony. The CCP threatened not to ...

Asia & Pacific 12/07/20, 17:39

After the United States sanctioned Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, and 10 other officials, it is now extending the measure against 14 more legislators for repression against citizens. "The U.S. is sanctioning the senior leadership of China’s National People’s Congress in connection with developing, adopting, and implementing the National Security ...

Asia & Pacific 10/26/20, 15:59

On Sunday, October 25, hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, to protest the arbitrary detention of 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists by Chinese regime authorities as they attempted to flee to Taiwan last August. Reuters reported that the protests were presented as a global campaign in support ...

Asia & Pacific 08/14/20, 15:10

Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-Ying, who was arrested on Monday Aug. 10 for allegedly colluding with foreign forces under Hong Kong's repressive national security law, called on the United States to support the fight for freedoms in the semi-autonomous territory. After being released on bail, the founder of Apple ...

Europe 08/13/20, 16:46

Western countries are increasingly discovering risk factors in the actions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for their nations. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the CCP threat is more significant than the danger of Russia during the Cold War. Pompeo visited the Czech Republic and said that countering the ...

U.S. 08/10/20, 18:17

A number of undefined restrictions have been placed on 11 U.S. politicians and CEOs by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). They have all been accused of promoting democratic causes, and include Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), who has previously been singled out by ...

Asia & Pacific 08/10/20, 15:08

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) arrested the founder of Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper, Jimmy Lai, and other prominent defenders of democracy in the city, under the controversial security aw. In addition to Lai, two of his sons were arrested; Cheung Kim-hung, CEO of Next Digital, the parent company of Apple ...

Asia & Pacific 08/07/20, 21:59

The United States on Friday, Aug. 7, sanctioned Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's head of government, and 10 other officials, for damaging the island's autonomy and restricting the freedom of expression of its citizens. The move comes on top of others by the Trump administration that seek to condemn the Chinese ...

Europe 08/04/20, 09:45

Traditionally neutral Switzerland said it would seek to defend its interests and values more strongly in the face of political restrictions and increasing human rights violations by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said the CCP's economic liberalization has surpassed political liberalization and respect for human rights, ...

United Kingdom 07/21/20, 17:11

A spokesman for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Tuesday announced a strong counter-attack in response to Britain's announcement that it was suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong. On Monday, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told parliament that the extradition treaty will be suspended immediately and that the arms embargo ...

U.S. 07/17/20, 08:46

President Donald Trump signed a law and an executive order aimed at sanctioning people and banks that help suppress human rights and autonomy in Hong Kong. Those sanctioned will not be able to invest, withdraw, or trade any property or other securities in the United States, something that could be alarming ...

United Kingdom 07/15/20, 19:39

Liu Xaoming, the Chinese Communist Party's ambassador, is once again targeting the European community and Britain after the CCP imposed the controversial national security law. In a press conference, on Wednesday, July 15, the ambassador representing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Britain, said, "Those who see China [CCP] as a ...

U.S. 07/13/20, 18:04

Rising tension in bilateral relations between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seems to have found no ceiling on a wide range of issues. In the eyes of several analysts, the harsh and inflexible stance of the Trump administration in the face of the abuses and authoritarianism ...