LegCo says it wants new economic development in Hong Kong. But after passing this draconian ordinance, the risk of arbitrary detention is a strong deterrence.
As Hong Kong changes under China, will Tokyo emerge as the next Asian financial center? It's stable with top-notch logistics and a highly educated workforce.
The new law introduces harsher penalties for vaguely defined offenses, raising concerns about arbitrary enforcement and escalating repression in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong leader John Lee is under orders from Beijing to enact Article 23, a national security law that prohibits vaguely defined acts of subversion.
Police threaten Agnes Chow "will be pursued for the rest of her life" under their draconian security law. Her "crime": having fought for Hong Kong’s democracy.
Putting Apple Daily publisher Jimmy Lai on secret trial is symbolic of Communist Chinese authorities' final suppression of the Hong Kong democracy movement.
Agnes Chow was challenging not the law, but rather the "rule of terror" gripping Hong Kong today under chief executive John Lee and the Chinese Communist...
Hong Kong released Agnes Chow from prison in 2021. She recounts her ordeal since, including a forced propaganda tour and her painful decision to leave the...
A Hong Kong court is sending a woman to jail for her pro-democracy messages she posted on social media in Japanese while in Japan. This shouldn't...
Critics from democratic countries should support academic freedom in Hong Kong, not by isolating it but by engaging with it even more, the author argues.
The last governor of Hong Kong, Lord Chris Patten, warns that "nationalistic fervor" is rising in China, increasing the risk of war over democratic Taiwan.
Soko Izumi recently toured Japan's outlying islands for a Hong Kong TV program. He describes Hong Kong and Japan as puzzle pieces that "fit together perfectly."
