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Largest National Security Trial to Date Starts in Hong Kong

Brian Hioe02/07/2023

The largest national security trial to date in Hong Kong started on Monday, with 47 defendants standing trial over charges of “conspiracy to commit subversion", with the act of subversion being directed at the state. The trial is over the defendants’ participation in or involvement in organizing primaries for pro-democracy candidates in Hong Kong LegCo elections...

EnglishFebruary 2023Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

Hong Kong Government Targets Speech Therapists’ Union Over Children’s Books

Brian Hioe09/15/2022

Five members of a speech therapists’ union were sentenced t in Hong Kong earlier this month on sedition charges over a series of children’s books. The charges used by police date back to British colonial times and the five have been sentenced to nineteen months in prison...

EnglishSelf-DeterminationSeptember 2022Social MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

47 Hong Kong Activists to Face Trial Without a Jury

Brian Hioe09/04/2022

Though delayed multiple times, 47 high-profile Hong Kong activists may face trial without a jury in the first case of its kind in recent memory...

EnglishSelf-DeterminationSeptember 2022Social MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

Apple Daily Taiwan Rebrands as Next Apple News, Questions Remain About Sensitive Data

Brian Hioe09/01/2022

The saga of the Apple Daily Taiwan has taken a strange turn, with the announcement by Singaporean entrepreneur Joseph Phua that 96% of the current Apple Daily Taiwan staff will move with him to a new publication called Next Apple News (壹蘋新聞網). The announcement was posted on the existing Apple Daily Taiwan website, along with a statement that the website would cease publication on August 31st, with the new website for Next Apple News launching today on September 1st...

EnglishPoliticsSeptember 20226 min read

Following Sale, Apple Daily Taiwan Applies to Layoff Staff, Concerns Raised About Confidential Data

Brian Hioe06/14/2022

Reports from Hong Kong’s Ming Pao and local media outlets suggest that the Apple Daily Taiwan has a buyer. This is reported as being Hong Kong businessman Kenny Wee and Singaporean 17LIVE co-founder Joseph Phua...

EnglishJune 2022Politics7 min read

The Hong Kong Church on the Frontline in Ukraine

Alexander Butler05/19/2022

Hongkongers—whose freedoms were crushed by the same party who entered into an agreement of ‘no limits’ with Russia in February—are well aware of the fight against authoritarianism currently being waged in Ukraine...

EnglishMay 2022Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements9 min read

Low Turnout in Hong Kong’s “Patriots Only” Legislative Elections

Brian Hioe12/20/2021

Hong Kong held its first “patriots-only” election for the Legislative Council (LegCo) yesterday in an election that was marked by record low turnout. The election only saw 30.2% participation, or 1.35 million ballots cast. This was nearly half of the turnout in 2016, when LegCo elections were last held, which saw 58% turnout...

December 2021EnglishSelf-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements6 min read

Fate of the Apple Daily Taiwan Up in the Air, as Hong Kong Court Liquidator Attempts to Seize Newspaper Assets

Brian Hioe11/26/2021

The fate of the Taiwan edition of the Apple Daily continues to be up in the air, with moves by a Hong Kong liquidator to try and take control of the Apple Daily’s Taiwan assets...

EnglishNovember 2021Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements6 min read

First Trial Under National Security Law in Hong Kong Results in Nine Year Jail Sentence

Brian Hioe07/30/2021

Tong Ying-kit was sentenced to nine years in jail today by Hong Kong courts. Tong was sentenced on charges of secession and terrorism for riding into the police with a flag reading “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” on his motorcycle, resulting in his arrest last year on July 1st, 2020...

EnglishJuly 2021Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

Hong Kong District Councilors Quit Ahead of New Provisions to Remove Them From Office

Brian Hioe07/09/2021

A wave of Hong Kong district councilors have quit their positions, with over 70 announcing that they would be leaving their jobs as of yesterday. 123 of 392 pro-democracy district councilors that took office in 2019 have quit, many apologizing to their constituents...

EnglishJuly 2021Politics5 min read

Arts

Would Taiwanese Culture Have Representation on the World Stage, if the KMT Had Its Way?

Artists Carry Out Guerrilla Art Installation in Bangkok Art and Culture Center to Resist Chinese Censorship

Review: Ká-sióng, A Collection of Taiwanese Short Fiction

International

Attack on Akio Yaita Shows China’s Extraterritorial State Violence

Will the Ethnic Unity Law Be Used to Target Taiwan?

KMT Hits Out at Reduction of Spy Sentences Involving Former DPP Staffers

Interviews

Politics

Attack on Akio Yaita Shows China’s Extraterritorial State Violence

Will the Ethnic Unity Law Be Used to Target Taiwan?

Workplace Bullying Issues Again in the News After Death of a Public Servant

Movements

Be Water Revolution

Apple Daily Taiwan Rebrands as Next Apple News, Questions Remain About Sensitive Data

Following Sale, Apple Daily Taiwan Applies to Layoff Staff, Concerns Raised About Confidential Data

Hong Kong District Councilors Quit Ahead of New Provisions to Remove Them From Office

Attack on Akio Yaita Shows China’s Extraterritorial State Violence

Petition Calls for Emergency Contraceptives to Be Listed as Over-The-Counter Drugs

Will the Ethnic Unity Law Be Used to Target Taiwan?

Workplace Bullying Issues Again in the News After Death of a Public Servant

Attack on Akio Yaita Shows China’s Extraterritorial State Violence

Will the Ethnic Unity Law Be Used to Target Taiwan?

Workplace Bullying Issues Again in the News After Death of a Public Servant