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.
The Nikkei average has hit new highs and the Bank of Japan finds itself holding too many equities. The challenge now is to return these to...
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.
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...
What is behind the growing number of Japanese and other foreigners detained under China's counterespionage law? The author provides several case studies.
The Kishida-Xi talks didn't touch on China's detention of Japanese nationals, the situation in the East China Sea or Beijing's military activities around Japan.
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 white paper is all about what China is not. But if China truly embraces this vision instead of hiding its dirty hands behind it, the...
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.
