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Beijing White Paper 2014

Beijing White Paper 2014
Beijing releases a white paper on Hong Kong stating that it has ‘complete jurisdiction’ over the territory and is the source of its autonomy.
Tian Feilong says the opposition in Hong Kong needs to sever ties with the independence camp to win Beijing’s trust for political reform within the ‘831’ framework, which is a historic milestone on the road to democracy
Hong Kong Basic Law

Hong Kong can have democracy under ‘one country, two systems’

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Hong Kong Basic Law

Hong Kong needs a clear-eyed view of Beijing’s powers under the Basic Law

Joshua Wong

Joshua Wong acquitted: judge tells activist to reflect on his behaviour, drops police obstruction charges

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Occupy Central

Joshua Wong seized my water bottle and obstructed my work, Hong Kong policeman tells court

Joshua Wong outside Eastern Court this week. Photo: Felix Wong

Hong Kong protesters tried to prevent police putting out fire, court hears

Exclusive | Outgoing Hong Kong Legco chief warns 'one country, two systems' will fall apart if Beijing keeps on interfering

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Joshua Wong

Key Occupy Central activists including Joshua Wong in Hong Kong court bid to have their trial scrapped

The trial relates to police obstruction charges dating back to a protest in June last year - before Occupy Central - outside the central government’s liaison office in Western District. Wong, 18, Nathan Law Kwun-chung, 22,  Albert Chan Wai-yip, 60 and Raphael Wong Ho-ming, 26, are to apply for the charges to be stayed.   

The four defendants (from left) Joshua Wong, Nathan Law, Raphael Wong and Albert Chan outside court before the hearing. Photo: Felix Wong
Joshua Wong

Joshua Wong and Hong Kong activists may have faced ‘undue delay’ in waiting one year for case, court hears

A magistrate yesterday questioned why prosecutors had taken a full year to bring four activists - including Scholarism convenor Joshua Wong Chi-fung - to court for allegedly obstructing police officers in the execution of their duties.

Joshua Wong

Student activist Joshua Wong faces charges over Hong Kong 'white paper' protest last year

Student leader Joshua Wong Chi-fung and three other activists are set to be charged with obstructing police officers during a protest outside the central government's liaison office last summer.

The View | Hong Kong's end of history

Now that the mainland's decision on Hong Kong's version of democracy has finally been rendered, its consequences will reveal themselves in the inherent ifs, errors and commitments over time.

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Beijing scholar admits error and omissions in white paper on Hong Kong

A Beijing legal scholar acknowledged an "inaccuracy" and "omissions" in the English version of the white paper on Hong Kong, which many in the city have interpreted as a threat to judicial independence.

Zhang Rongshun, vice-chairman of the NPC Standing Committee's legislative affairs commission, said: "If common law is used … to reject and undermine the central government's right to govern, this is not allowed."

No need to fear Beijing’s white paper, says top British judge Lord Neuberger

The UK Supreme Court’s president, who also sits on Hong Kong’s top court, has dismissed worries over demands in Beijing’s white paper for local judges to be patriotic, saying the requirement is “not inconsistent” with judicial independence.

Beijing seeks to soften blow of Hong Kong white paper

Beijing is studying ways to soften the blow that its controversial white paper had on Hong Kong, sources close to the central government said.

Law Society elects Stephen Hung as president as Ambrose Lam resigns

The council of the society yesterday elected Stephen Hung Wan-shun, who has served as vice-president, to the top post shortly after Lam tendered his resignation.

Former Law Society president Ambrose Lam (left), vice-president Thomas So Shiu-tsung and new president Stephen Hung. Photo: Sam Tsang

Update | Law Society president Ambrose Lam resigns after historic no-confidence vote

Law Society president Ambrose Lam San-keung announced on Tuesday that he will resign following controversy over his positive response to Beijing’s white paper on Hong Kong.

Ambrose Lam announces his resignation as Law Society president on Tuesday. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong chief justice weighs in for the first time on Beijing white paper

The city's top judge weighed into the debate about Beijing's white paper on the city's affairs, stressing that the local judiciary would act only on the basis of the law.

Hong Kong Basic Law

Under rule of law, an independent judiciary answers to no political masters

The community is expecting anxiously the determination of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the method of electing the chief executive in 2017. When it is made, the process of political reform will advance to a further stage.

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Judges don’t need to be patriots, says former top judge Andrew Li

Former top judge has reservations about Beijing's recent white paper that asserts Hong Kong judges have a "basic political requirement" to love the country.

Judges don’t need to be patriots, says former top judge Andrew Li

Ambrose Lam courted triumph, controversy as Law Society leader

When Ambrose Lam San-keung was re-elected president of the Law Society in May, few would have predicted that a month later he would be at the centre of a political storm unprecedented in the history of the solicitors' body.

Solicitors vote to unseat Law Society president Ambrose Lam

The Law Society yesterday passed a historic vote of no confidence in its president for his remarks backing Beijing's recent white paper on Hong Kong.

Autonomy of Hong Kong is safe, says liaison office chief Zhang Xiaoming

Beijing's policy on Hong Kong will not change even if universal suffrage cannot be achieved in the 2017 chief executive election, the central government's top representative in the city says.

Autonomy of Hong Kong is safe, says liaison office chief Zhang Xiaoming

Opinion | Can Hong Kong be a co-author of the 'one country, two systems' story?

Hong Kong's sense of identity runs deep in every political issue and conflict. The post-colonial Hong Kong narrative has been 17 years in the making, but it has been a narrative of ever contesting identities.

The post-colonial Hong Kong narrative has been a narrative of ever contesting identities. Photo: AFP

White paper aims to renew nation's contract with Hong Kong people

China's first ever white paper on the implementation of "one country, two systems", although heavily criticised in legal and pro-democracy circles, aroused little attention in the wider community. 

Rallying call to remove Law Society president

A Law Society veteran has issued a rallying call to members to oust the institution's president for endorsing Beijing's white paper on "one country two systems".

Martin Lee criticises NPC for 'weird' comments on 'external interference' in Hong Kong affairs

The mainland's top official on Hong Kong affairs warned yesterday that 'external interference' in the city's affairs was totally unacceptable to Beijing - an apparent reference to Britain.

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Martin Lee criticises NPC for 'weird' comments on 'external interference' in Hong Kong affairs

Disaffection poisons Hong Kong-mainland relations

Last month, authorities in Beijing dropped a bombshell by publishing their first ever white paper on the implementation of "one country, two systems" in Hong Kong.

To Beijing's dismay, there are groups advocating "Hong Kong nativism" and unfurling British colonial flags at protests. Photo: AP
Occupy Central

NPC chairman tells CY Leung Hong Kong must 'strictly follow' basic law in electoral reform

A top Beijing official told Hong Kong officials they must 'strictly follow' the Basic Law in working out their electoral reform proposal when he unexpectedly summoned them for talks in Shenzhen.

Academics doubt Britain's pledge on standing up for Hong Kong's interests

Scepticism was expressed in Hong Kong about whether Britain would really stand up for the city's interests despite a pledge by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.

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