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<p><span>HONG KONG (June 11, 2021) — Hong Kong censors now have the power to ban films that endanger national security, prompting concerns that freedom of expression is being further curtailed in a city once known for its vibrant arts and film scene.</span></p>
With latest changes, Hong Kong’s censorship system moves closer to that of mainland China
~~ The nature of the regime ruling China is inherently monstrously deformed. That conclusion was once again reaffirmed by the way that the Chinese government reacted when a film made by a woman who was born in Beijing took top honors at the Academy Awards ceremony on April 25. Nomadland swept the top prizes for best picture, best director and best actress. The movie is a unique kind of road movie depicting in semi-documentary elegiac fashion the lives of Americans forced by economic circumstances to live a vagabond existence. Chloé Zhao, the 39-year-old director of Nomadland, thereby beca...
Glavin: Hong Kong's democrats are united; rest of the world is in disarray There is no escaping the absurdly draconian National Security Law that Beijing unilaterally imposed last June. It criminalizes anything the Chinese Communist Party deems to constitute subversion, separatism, or collusion with foreign forces. Author of the article: Terry Glavin Publishing date: Apr 28, 2021 • 14 hours ago • 5 minute read • Former lawmaker and vice chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China Albert Ho leaves West Kowloon court after ...
Article content Do not split. Out of the disunity and fractious tensions that followed the failure of the 2014 Umbrella Movement protests, that was the one slogan that kept Hongkongers united in a multi-faceted agitation for democratic reform that brought millions of people into the streets of the former British colony, starting two summers ago. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Terry Glavin: The obscene, unpardonable death of democratic reform in Hong Kong Back to video Do not split, even if you’re a respectable solicitor and veteran of Hong...