Ethnic Minorities

30 Apr 2013

Five members of ethnic minorities who call Hong Kong their home collectively applied for Chinese citizenship at the Immigration Tower yesterday, fearing they would be pressured to drop their...

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Tibet mine disaster 'shows failure of resources policy to benefit minorities'

8 Apr 2013

The 83 workers killed in the disaster were almost all members of the Han ethnic majority and from across the country, illustrating how minorities rarely see the fruits of underground wealth - not...

5:49AM

China's new ethnic affairs commissioner 'has little power'

20 Mar 2013

The appointment of a Hui Muslim as head of the State Council's ethnic affairs body may seem strategic, but experts say this will do little to ease the country's ethnic tensions as the chief will...

5:14AM

UN raps HK education system's lack of focus on ethnic minorities

19 Mar 2013

Education chiefs are under growing pressure to address the Chinese-language learning needs of minorities after a member of the United Nations team scrutinising Hong Kong's human-rights performance...

8:08AM

Ethnic minorities worry Beijing's growth effort could pass them by

7 Mar 2013

The central government's goal of building "a moderately prosperous society in all respects" by 2020 may be dampened by sluggish economic growth in ethnic minority and border areas, some political...

4:43AM

HK banks refuse accounts to poor and ethnic minorities

18 Feb 2013

There are three broad categories of people who are denied banking services. They include domestic helpers, the very poor, and people from South Asia.

12:28PM

Opinion

Tom Holland

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

4:13PM

Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

3:35AM

Hong Kong-born adoptee wins fight for Chinese nationality

Maggie Cheung was born in Hong Kong, her parents are Hongkongers, she speaks perfect Cantonese, holds a Hong Kong identity card and a Chinese home return permit, but it took media pressure for the...

2:18PM

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America's rising Asia vote 'sealed deal' for Barack Obama

US President Barack Obama enjoyed soaring support from Asian Americans to win another term, a post-election survey revealed, as voters elected Congress's first Hindu lawmaker.

3:27AM

Shan want language taught in schools

For half a century a single precious copy of a textbook kept the language of Myanmar's Shan people alive for students, forced to learn in the shadows under a repressive junta.

3:00AM

ON SECOND THOUGHT

Citizenship denials shame Hong Kong

There have been several media reports recently about ethnic minorities who have lived in Hong Kong for many years seeing their applications to become naturalised Chinese citizens denied.

5:42AM

RELIGION

Muslims feel free in Hong Kong but left out

Hong Kong's Muslims have religious freedoms they cannot enjoy elsewhere in a unique city of hybrid cultures, but have to put up with prejudice and, often, overt discrimination.

4:55AM

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Letters to the Editor, September 25, 2012