Interview: Badiucao and Melissa Chan on Their Graphic Novel, You Must Take Part in Revolution
You Must Take Part in Revolution is a graphic novel by Badiucao, political cartoonist and former...
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Minitrue Plus Five: February 9-10, 2020 – Epidemic Controversies, Hong Kong Donations
In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020...
Minitrue Plus Five: January 15, 2020 – K-drama “Psychopath Diary,” Trade Deal, Downed Airliner, Hong Kong Speech
In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020...
Minitrue Plus Five: January 8, 2020 – Epidemic in Hong Kong
In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020...
Minitrue Plus Five: January 4, 2020 – Mystery Pneumonia, Murdered Doctor’s Funeral, HK Official’s Replacement
In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020...
Jimmy Lai Did Not Ask the U.S. to Nuke China
Pro-democracy Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai is currently standing trial for conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and conspiracy to publish seditious materials. Amid mass protests in the city in 2019, Lai did travel to...
Hong Kong Resident Gets 14 Months Imprisonment for “Seditious” T-Shirt
The first sentencing under Hong Kong’s new Article 23 national security law (officially called the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance) occurred this week, as a man was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment for wearing a...
Google, YouTube Facilitate Hong Kong Government Censorship of Protest Anthem
“Glory to Hong Kong,” a popular protest anthem of the city’s 2019 pro-democracy movement, has become a persistent target of the government’s national-security crackdown. The song contains the slogan “Liberate Hong Kong,...
Protest Songs: “Urumqi East,” “If You Won’t Take the Lead,” “Can’t Imagine What Your Pain Was Like,” “Down with Tyranny … No More Emperor Xi!”
The recent protests commemorating victims of the November 24 fire in Urumqi and criticizing harsh pandemic measures and repressive government policies employed a wide variety of protest-themed slogans, artwork, poems, essays,...
British, Chinese Governments Trade Accusations After Assault at Consulate
A violent confrontation between protesters and Chinese consular staff in the U.K. highlights China’s increasing determination to police beyond its borders, and tests the resolve of Western governments to maintain their...
Beijing Pulls COVID Isolation Tracking Bracelets After Backlash; Hong Kong Rollout Goes Ahead
While many governments elsewhere appear resigned to “sliding into the long pandemic defeat,” those in China continue to fight COVID-19 with an array of weapons including mass testing, smartphone-based health codes, and...
Hong Kong Human Rights Press Awards Canceled; Journalists Association Considers Disbanding
The Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club (HKFCC) has canceled its annual Human Rights Press Awards over fear of violating the National Security Law. HKFCC president Keith Richburg shared the news with members on Monday, two...
Hong Kong Opens Youth “Deradicalization” Programs and Closes Student Unions
Hong Kong’s Security Bureau has recently revealed, and praised, the government’s use of “deradicalization” programs for jailed protesters who participated in the 2019 pro-democracy movement. The bureau’s secretary outlined the...
Citizens Resist Hong Kong Hamster Hunt
In their efforts to trace and contain a rapidly growing coronavirus outbreak in Hong Kong, authorities have identified a prime suspect of transmission: hamsters. After one employee of a pet shop tested positive for COVID-19 in...
Netizen Voices: On Kiwi Chow’s “Revolution of Our Times” Golden Horse Award Win
On November 27, Kiwi Chow Kwun-wai’s “Revolution of Our Times” was crowned best documentary film at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Festival. The award provided a moment of celebration for the film’s subjects, the millions of Hong...
Hong Kong to Begin Politically Censoring Films
Hong Kong’s film censors have been instructed to begin censoring films on national security grounds, making the city’s vaunted film industry the latest victim of spreading political censorship under the Hong Kong...
Carrie Lam Claims Hong Kong’s Universities Infiltrated By “Foreign Forces”
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam claimed that Hong Kong universities have been “penetrated by foreign forces” after it was revealed an American academic study paid students to partake in a democracy rally in 2017. Hong Kong...
Three Convicted of Rioting in HK Despite No Evidence of Involvement
A Hong Kong court has convicted three people of rioting, jailing them for at least four years despite a lack of evidence that they played any role in the riot. This is the latest conviction since a higher court upheld the...
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