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Tiananmen Square crackdown

Chow Hang-tung is a former vice-chairwoman of the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong courts

Subversion trial judges reject Hong Kong activist’s bid for remote testimonies

High Court turns down application by Chow Hang-tung, who will stand trial next year for allegedly inciting subversion.

29 Oct 2024 - 12:43AM

China’s Communist Party

Beijing says Anonymous64 hacker group targeting mainland China backed by Taiwan

23 Sep 2024 - 6:41PMvideocam

US-China relations

US charges ex-democracy advocate with being illegal agent for Beijing

23 Aug 2024 - 5:28AMvideocam

Hong Kong courts

Detained Hong Kong activist mounts legal challenge against prison’s book ban

Chow Hang-tung’s legal team says decision to withhold four books deemed to promote ‘violent resistance’ is disproportionate restriction.

31 Jul 2024 - 7:06PM

The Hong Kong activist is currently being remanded at the Tai Lam Centre for Women. Photo: Dickson Lee

Hong Kong's national security law

2 Hong Kong June 4 activists say early release denied for being ‘unremorseful’

Tang Ngok-kwan and Tsui Hon-kwong say Correctional Services Department decided to push back their release dates by 1½ months.

1 Aug 2024 - 4:32PM

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong prosecutor fired after disciplinary hearing wants judicial review

Prosecutor lost job and pension entitlement after he accused police of lying and asked colleagues to mark anniversary of Tiananmen Square crackdown in emails.

7 Jun 2024 - 7:55PM

Hong Kong politics

Beijing slams Western diplomats for visiting Hong Kong’s ex-Tiananmen vigil site

Spokesman for China’s foreign ministry arm in Hong Kong says some officials from foreign consulates in city are staging political dramas, using pretext of ‘human rights’.

5 Jun 2024 - 4:09PM

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Foreign diplomats visit Victoria Park on the 35th anniversary of Tiananmen Square crackdown. Photo: EPA-EFE

Crime in Hong Kong

2 Hong Kong suspects released on bail after arrests on June 4 crackdown anniversary

Activist known as ‘Grandma Wong’ released on bail after arrest on suspicion of sedition for chanting slogans on anniversary.

5 Jun 2024 - 10:29PMvideocam

US-China relations

Washington uses Tiananmen Square commemorations to invoke current rights issues

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pays tribute to 1989 protesters as well as ‘voices now silenced throughout the country, including in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong’.

5 Jun 2024 - 6:34AM

Hong Kong society

Explainer | What happened to Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Square crackdown vigil?

Annual vigil in Victoria Park to commemorate the anniversary of 1989 Tiananmen Square protests long drew many residents until last one held by organisers in 2019.

4 Jun 2024 - 8:01PMvideocam

The June 4 vigil drew an estimated 180,000 attendees in 2019, according to organisers. Photo: Robert Ng

Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong bookstore draws visitors with symbolic displays on Tiananmen anniversary

Candles on sale for HK$6.4 among the draws for curious visitors heading to Hunter Bookstore in Sham Shui Po on June 4 anniversary of Tiananmen Square crackdown.

4 Jun 2024 - 8:22PM

The centrepiece of the store’s current “monthly theme” is a window display featuring the numbers “35/5” obscured by a large red canvas. Photo: Jelly Tse

Hong Kong politics

Western envoys make surprise visit to Hong Kong’s former Tiananmen vigil site

Political scientist Lau Siu-kai says diplomats may be trying to express ‘solidarity’ with those who want to mark anniversary, but ‘they don’t dare to go too far and only try to send a subtle message’.

5 Jun 2024 - 9:04AMvideocam

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s Western diplomats mark Tiananmen Square crackdown anniversary

UK, US, Canadian and Australian consulates issue statements or post images on social media accounts to mark Tiananmen Square crackdown.

4 Jun 2024 - 5:51PMvideocam

Hong Kong police on the lookout for Tiananmen Square crackdown commemorations

4 Jun 2024 - 4:29PM

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June 4 vigil in Hong Kong

Editorial | Door is still open for lawful Hong Kong remembrance of June 4 crackdown

The days of staging a mass vigil in the city are in the past but this is nevertheless a time for remembrance, reflection and hopes of moving forward.

4 Jun 2024 - 8:15AM

Candlelight vigils, attended by tens of thousands in Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park, marked the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown for three decades. Photo: Felix Wong

Crime in Hong Kong

Hundreds of Hong Kong police to look out for Tiananmen anniversary activities

Sources say police will ramp up their presence on Tuesday at sensitive locations.

4 Jun 2024 - 5:15PMvideocam

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Hong Kong's national security law

Exco members say Hongkongers can mark Tiananmen crackdown in private

Executive Council convenor Regina Ip says she sees no problem with private commemoration of Tiananmen Square crackdown.

2 Jun 2024 - 11:11PM

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Hong Kong national security law

Six arrested under new domestic security law in Hong Kong

29 May 2024 - 4:21PM

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Hong Kong's national security law

Activist behind June 4 events in Hong Kong among 6 arrested under new security law

Among those detained is activist Chow Hang-tung, security chief Chris Tang reveals.

29 May 2024 - 9:46AMvideocam

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Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong pro-Beijing group aims to hold Victoria Park food carnival on June 4

If the event is approved, it will be the fifth straight year since 2019 that a police-authorised candlelight vigil has not been held in Causeway Bay park.

27 Apr 2024 - 1:25AMvideocam

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong court rejects appeal by Tiananmen alliance trio in police probe case

Trio from Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China were convicted last year for rejecting police request for information on group.

15 Mar 2024 - 12:59AM

Tsui Hon-kwong (left) and Tang Ngok-kwan had earlier been granted bail pending their appeal. Photo: Dickson Lee

Two Sessions 2024

Opinion | Why I miss the Chinese premier’s annual press conference after the ‘two sessions’

The much-anticipated press conference at the close of the National People’s Congress was cancelled, discontinuing a customary practice that was established in the early 1990s.

12 Mar 2024 - 8:55AMvideocam

Chinese Premier Li Qiang presides over a press conference after the closing ceremony of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 13, 2023. Photo: AP

Hong Kong politics

Funding cuts, cancelled shows leave Hong Kong arts groups unsure about ‘red lines’

Arts practitioners worry about creative freedom and lack of opportunities to appeal authorities’ decisions.

8 Feb 2024 - 9:02AM

China’s Communist Party

Beijing bookshop finds new location but keeps unique place among intellectuals

30-year-old All Sages Bookstore is a landmark in Beijing’s intellectual landscape thanks to owner and once prominent dissident Liu Suli.

7 Jan 2024 - 6:51PMvideocam

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong court cites activist’s behaviour post-security law in denying bail

Activist Chow Hang-tung is accused of inciting subversion in connection with her role as vice-president of group behind city’s annual Tiananmen Square vigil.

21 Dec 2023 - 9:41PMvideocam

The High Court in Admiralty. Details of Thursday’s bail hearing were exempt from statutory reporting restrictions after the judge lifted the curbs at the request of the media. Photo: Warton Li

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil group trio was denied fair trial, senior counsel says

Philip Dykes says his side was ‘fatally handicapped’ while defending the accused because investigators had withheld evidence.

7 Dec 2023 - 12:34AM

Chow Hang-tung (right), a former member of a now-dissolved alliance behind Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Square vigil, at the Court of Final Appeal in June. Photo: AFP

Women and gender

Opinion | China banning clothes that hurt national feelings would be a stitch too far

Proposal to criminalise clothes that hurt national feelings is a step too far. Concerns are already growing as young people wearing kimonos or T-shirts with rainbows are barred by security, even detained by police

13 Sep 2023 - 12:04PMvideocam

Hong Kong national security law

Student jailed over plan to display seditious banner in Hong Kong

Magistrate says defendant was a ‘participant in an international campaign’ and banner was capable of stirring up anger

12 Sep 2023 - 6:18PM

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Tiananmen Square crackdown

China was gripped by a pro-democracy movement in 1989, triggered by the death of reformist ex-leader Hu Yaobang. Mass street protests, weeks-long sit-ins and hunger strikes at Tiananmen Square by students and residents became the order of the day as demonstrators complained about corruption and demanded greater democracy as well as government transparency. The social unrest culminated in a brutal military crackdown on June 4 ordered by Beijing that effectively ended the movement and continues to be the subject of great controversy to this day.

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9 September, 2024