Civil Rights and Liberties

20 May 2013

The march - to protest Beijing's refusal to vindicate the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen movement - will be joined with another one arranged by the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic...

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'Troublesome' Hong Kong activist Yang Kuang sent home from Beijing

11 Mar 2013

Yang Kuang said he had been escorted to Beijing airport and put on a flight after being held for over 30 hours by police, who told him he had been detained for "provoking quarrels and making...

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Fruit knife detention pierces concepts of freedom

24 Feb 2013

The Henan Business Daily reported on Thursday that the man was taken to a police station by an undercover officer after getting off a bus with his friend. The sharp-eyed policeman noticed the man...

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China's claim to greatness must rest on its ethics

22 Feb 2013

China has the potential to be a force for tremendous good in the world. Already, it is using its considerable fiscal reserves to invest heavily in economic and transport infrastructure in Africa...

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Legal group produces handbook for protesters

6 Jan 2013

A big rise in the number of arrests of demonstrators has prompted a group of legal professionals to produce a handbook to explain their rights.

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Singer Peter Yarrow tells University of Hong Kong lack of respect at root of protests

17 Nov 2012

A puff of 1960s magic blew through the University of Hong Kong yesterday as Peter Yarrow, one part of American folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, held a concert and rally at the university's Sun Yat-...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Think like winners, Ronny Tong says

The pan-democratic camp should cast aside its role as a mere opposition and embrace a 'ruling mentality' if it is to offer a suitable candidate to be the first chief executive elected by universal...

4:42PM

Should blogging sites follow Blogger and Twitter and censor their content?

Vanessa Wong, 16, Diocesan Girls' School

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CE runners must clarify positions

Campaign platforms are crucial in elections. They set out the visions of the candidates standing for public office. They are the promises made to the voters in return for their support. The chief...

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All quiet on the democracy front

While the two front runners in the race to be the city's next chief executive seek to outdo each other with promises on housing, welfare and education, Henry Tang Ying-yen and Leung Chun-ying...

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A litmus test of our democracy

While the race to become Hong Kong's next chief executive has caught the public's imagination, the election of the 1,200 people who actually get to vote for our next leader has not.

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Show you treasure the right to vote

The district council elections are our city's most democratic, a fact usually not reflected in campaigning or voter turnout. The exception was in 2003, when issues such as Sars, a long economic...

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