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Paul G. Harris, Chair Professor of Global and Environmental Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong, says that China is not unique in leaving animals hard done by. "Americans, for example, devour animal flesh with gusto. Some Japanese still eat whales. “What makes China’s impact on animals especially unique is the...

Hong Kong national security police have taken away the parents and brother of activist Nathan Law for questioning, according to several local media outlets citing sources. Law is among the eight self-exiled activists wanted by the Hong Kong national security police, with authorities offering a bounty of HK$1 million for each of...

“There’s a transnational repression happening on our community,” said Simon Cheng, founder of the group Hongkongers in Britain.

Taiwan residents have been warned against “accidentally stepping into a minefield” and being arrested under Hong Kong’s national security law while travelling to the city by the self-ruled island’s authorities. The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) of Taiwan recently updated a section on its website dedicated to Hong...

Article 23 of the city’s mini-constitution, the Basic Law, stipulates that Hong Kong shall enact its own laws to prohibit seven types of offences: treason, secession, sedition, subversion against the central government, theft of state secrets, foreign bodies’ conducting political activities in the city, and local bodies...

According to a court document, she stood accused of “publishing, making available and/or continuing to make available” content on Facebook and Instagram which the intention of bringing hatred against the Hong Kong and Chinese governments. Most of the offending posts were published whilst abroad.

Germany on Wednesday called China a “partner, competitor and systemic rival” in the release of its first national security strategy, accusing Beijing of repeatedly acting against the European giant’s interests in a bid to reshape the global order. “China is trying in various ways to remould the existing rules-based...

Hong Kong’s US and EU consulates light candles to mark Tiananmen crackdown anniversary. https://hongkongfp.com/2023/06/04/in-pictures-hong-kongs-us-and-eu-consulates-light-candles-to-mark-tiananmen-crackdown-anniversary/

Earlier this month the Chinese government announced that it was planning to “improve” district administration, an overhaul that would see the number of publicly elected seats slashed. The day after Paul Zimmerman, the vice-chairperson of the Southern District Council, where he represents Pok Fu Lam, a quiet, middle class...

Chinese authorities raided three advisory firms over the past few months which offered investigative and strategic analysis for the Chinese market to foreign investors. Their staff -all Chinese nationals- were detained, one of them was sentenced to six years in prison for “stealing national secrets”. Alfred Wu, a researcher...