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AFP Authorities in Hong Kong on Friday handed down additional jail terms to veteran rights activists and pro-democracy politicians for taking part in an "illegal assembly" on Oct. 1, 2019. Former lawmakers Albert Ho, Lee Cheuk-yan, and Leung Kwok-hung were handed 18-month prison sentences, along with peaceful protest organizer Figo Chan. Detained pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai was handed a 14-month sentence while on remand pending trial under a draconian national security law imposed on Hong Kong by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), while former lawmakers Cyd Ho and...

By alleging that Hong Kong's elections "will not produce meaningful democratic results" on April Fool's Day, U.S. consul-general Hanscom Smith actually made a fool of himself.   With Hong Kong as a special administrative region of China, it is the people living here that have the final say on the results of elections. There is no room for the United States to meddle in Hong Kong affairs, let alone a politician of its agency that should have focused on providing visas and consular services to its citizens.   The adoption of legislative changes by China's top legislature on improving Hong Kon...

US interference in HK affairs leads to nowhere Xinhua | Updated: 2021-04-06 08:12 Photo taken on July 14, 2020 shows the Golden Bauhinia Square in Hong Kong, July 14, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] By alleging that Hong Kong's elections "will not produce meaningful democratic results" on April Fool's Day, US consul-general Hanscom Smith actually made a fool of himself. With Hong Kong as a special administrative region of China, it is the people living here that have the final say on the results of elections. There is no room for the United States to meddle in Hong Kong affairs, ...

1 2021-04-06 15:46:04Xinhua Editor : Wang Yifan ECNS App Download Photo taken with a phone shows a view by the Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, south China, June 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Gang) By alleging that Hong Kong's elections "will not produce meaningful democratic results" on April Fool's Day, U.S. consul-general Hanscom Smith actually made a fool of himself. With Hong Kong as a special administrative region of China, it is the people living here that have the final say on the results of elections. There is no room f...

US consul general correct he won’t ‘recognise Hong Kong’ in the future, People’s Daily says in blasting criticism of electoral overhaul Beijing mouthpiece says Hanscom Smith ‘twisted right and wrong’ by suggesting last week’s changes did not represent the will of residents, adding the national security law will punish subversive factions ‘one by one’ The envoy had argued slashing the number of directly elected seats to the city’s Legislative Council could not produce ‘meaningful democratic results’