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Defiant protesters rally in Hong Kong STILL FIGHTING: Not only did participants risk arrest by attending an illegal rally, some chanted the banned slogan ‘Liberate Hong Kong. Revolution of our time’ Bloomberg Defiant Hong Kongers yesterday risked arrest outside a local court in the biggest demonstration in months, as dozens of the territory’s most prominent democracy advocates were jailed on subversion charges and authorities in Beijing moved to limit the opposition’s role in future elections. The arrests of 47 opposition figures — includi...

January 19, 2021 In the months since a repressive national security law upended life in Hong Kong, numerous activists and politicians have fled the city for self-imposed exile abroad. Many more have emigrated, and as Britain’s new citizenship pathway for Hong Kongers takes effect at the end of this month, hundreds of thousands more could leave in the coming years. Just today, local media reported that jailed activist Joshua Wong’s parents and brother have left the city for Australia. But there are fears that Chinese authorities could try to make it more difficult for Hong Kongers to escap...

A new immigration law could impose exit bans on Hong Kongers Quartz 1/19/2021 © Provided by Quartz In the months since a repressive national security law upended life in Hong Kong, numerous activists and politicians have fled the city for self-imposed exile abroad. Many more have emigrated, and as Britain’s new citizenship pathway for Hong Kongers takes effect at the end of this month, hundreds of thousands more could leave in the coming years. Just today, local media reported that jailed activist Joshua Wong’s parents and brother have left the city for Australia. But there are fears ...

Jan 7, 2021 China’s unprecedented arrest of dozens of leading Hong Kong opposition figures illustrates the depth of Joe Biden’s challenges with Beijing. By the time he becomes U.S. president, there might not be much democracy left to save in the Asian financial hub. The Hong Kong police on Wednesday rounded up more than 50 activists, former lawmakers and academics, as well as an American rights lawyer, in a series of morning raids across the former British colony involving more than 1,000 officers. All had helped organize an unofficial primary in July to nominate opposition candi...

Beijing Sends Biden Stark Message with Hong Kong Crackdown Bloomberg 1/7/2021 Iain Marlow, Kari Lindberg and Natalie Lung (Bloomberg) -- China’s unprecedented arrest of dozens of leading Hong Kong opposition figures illustrates the depth of Joe Biden’s challenges with Beijing. By the time he becomes U.S. president, there might not be much democracy left to save in the Asian financial hub. The Hong Kong police on Wednesday rounded up more than 50 activists, former lawmakers and academics, as well as an American rights lawyer, in a series of morning raids across the former...