More than 500 HK residents seek to migrate to Canada
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Canadia’s special immigration initiative for Hong Kong residents received more than 500 applications in its first three weeks, a Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) spokesman said on Friday.
Ottawa late last year said it would make it easier for young Hong Kongers to study and work in Canada in response to new security rules imposed by China on the former British colony.
“In the first three weeks that the program was open [Feb. 8 to Feb. 28], IRCC received 503 applications for work permits and 10 applications for work permit extensions,” agency press secretary Alexander Cohen said in an e-mailed statement.
EU mulls ending extradition treaties with China over overhaul of Hong Kong electoral system ANI | Updated: Apr 16, 2021 16:19 IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 16 (ANI): The European Union is preparing new measures to punish Beijing for overhauling Hong Kong s electoral system that will further clamp down on opposition voices in the region.
South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that sources say the measures could include a suspension of member state extradition treaties with China, although they are yet finalised by the officials who are busy laying the groundwork for Monday s meeting of all 27 EU foreign ministers. The Foreign Affairs Council, which meets each month, will announce a range of light touch measures that have already been agreed. These are fuzzy in nature and include more engagement with civil society and promotion of freedom of expression. Among them is a visit when the situation allows of high-level officials to Hong Kong t
Mass Prosecutions Send Chills Across Hong Kong’s Political Spectrum
A quick look at the diverse factions involved in the 2020 primary elections belies Beijing’s claim that there was a unified conspiracy toward subversion.
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April 17, 2021
Former law professor Benny Tai, right, poses for photographers before walking in a police station in Hong Kong Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021.
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If you believe the Chinese government, Benny Tai is a mastermind and the principal offender, guilty of conspiring to subvert Chinese state power. He had a rebellious history dating back to the 2013 Occupy Central protests. This time, Tai outlined a highly subversive plan in a manifesto titled “Ten Steps to Mutual Destruction.” The manifesto called for pro-democracy councilors in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo) to blackmail the city government, threatening China’s unquestionable authority in Hong Kong. His first step in executing thi
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