2020/12/24 |
Hong Kong Legislator Reflects on Pro-Democracy Struggle as He Seeks Asylum
Baggio Leung, a former Hong Kong legislator seeking asylum in the United States, feels pessimistic about Hong Kong's short-term future, but said he believes Hong Kongers will one day win their city back.
2019/06/13 |
After Police Suppression of Occupation, What Next for Hong Kong?
Following a day and night of excessive police violence and teargassing demonstrators have taken pause: What will their next move be to resist the extradition law?
2019/06/12 |
Hong Kong Police React With Violence to Umbrella-Style Occupation
As demonstrators in Hong Kong flooded the streets for a peaceful protest Hong Kong sent in the riot police in an attempt to intimidate them and clear the streets using tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets.
2018/02/02 |
Umbrella Activists Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement is getting a little recognition abroad.
2018/01/17 |
Joshua Wong Imprisoned Again for 2014 Protests
The Hong Kong democracy activist is returning to prison for 'defying a court order.'
2018/01/02 |
2017: The Year Pessimism Won in Hong Kong
Hong Kong's democratic hopes are dimmer than ever.
2017/11/07 |
Doing Time with Hong Kong Democracy Activist Joshua Wong
After being freed on bail pending appeal following his conviction in August for inciting unlawful assembly in Hong Kong, democracy activist Joshua Wong speaks about his time behind bars and the state of freedoms outside in Hong Kong.
2017/07/27 |
How Can Hong Kong and Taiwan Cooperate to Face the Threat of China?
There are many ways for Taiwan and Hong Kong to cooperate if one is creative.
2017/07/06 |
Singing a Revolution: Pop, Politics, and the Umbrella Movement
The genre of Canto-pop has exceeded expectations, becoming more than just a popular music genre. It has provoked thought, sung for the people of Hong Kong, and time and time again has held a mirror to the SAR’s socio-political sentiments and local identity.
2017/07/04 |
PODCAST: Generation HK and the Hong Kong Identity
Check out the latest episode of The News Lens Radio.
2017/07/04 |
Hong Kong 20 Years After the Handover: Locked in Stasis
A decade after the handover of Hong Kong in 1997, most analyses were positive. A further 10 years has elapsed. How is Hong Kong doing now?
2017/06/04 |
Joshua Wong on Documentary "Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower"
Cinema Escapist caught up with Wong to get his thoughts on the recent documentary and its broader socio-political context.
2017/04/21 |
Hong Kong's Umbrella Payback in Slow Motion
Suzanne Pepper takes stock of the erosion of democracy in Hong Kong.
2017/03/31 |
Sunflower Movement Activists Found Not Guilty. What Next?
Leaders of the 2014 Sunflower Movement were today found not guilty for occupying Taiwan's Parliment. Other cases involving incidents during the movement have not yet been heard, and demands still haven't been met.
2016/10/26 |
[PHOTO STORY] Hong Kong’s Oath Taking Drama Turns Nasty
Tense scenes inside and outside Hong Kong's parliament as the new 'localists' continue to defy the old guard.
2016/09/29 |
OP-ED: The Fall of Joshua Wong?
Just as it seemed like Wong and his fellow student activists had reached a milestone, it is also where he fell.
2016/09/14 |
The Umbrella Movement and Hong Kong’s LegCo Election
Among many other things, the Umbrella Movement represented a generational revolt in which young Hong Kongers’ economic frustrations were a noticeable driving force for protest participation.
2016/08/15 |
BREAKING: Umbrella Movement Leaders Avoid Prison
Hong Kong activist leader and young politician Nathan Law should be free to stand in an upcoming election after being sentenced to community service this morning.