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- Raised in Hong Kong, journalist Lim was in the city researching graffiti artist Tsang Tsou-choi when anti-government protests broke out in June 2019
- She has woven his life, the events of that summer which saw Lim paint protest banners, and the 1980s Sino-British negotiations into a book about the city
One analyst said it was a question of ‘when, rather than whether’ Hong Kong follows sister city Singapore and other former British colonies in removing foreign influence from its judiciary.
One analyst said it was a question of ‘when, rather than whether’ Hong Kong follows sister city Singapore and other former British colonies in removing foreign influence from its judiciary.
From 1950 to 1997 it’s estimated that as many as 2 million people fled from the Chinese mainland to Hong Kong. Many in search of better economic prospects and some to escape Chinese communist rule. The world called them “freedom swimmers”. The South China Morning Post met an old freedom swimmer and a former member of the Hong Kong Marine Police whose job it was to catch them. Together they paint a picture of desperate escape under trying circumstances.
From 1950 to 1997 it’s estimated that as many as 2 million people fled from the Chinese mainland to Hong Kong. Many in search of better economic prospects and some to escape Chinese communist rule. The world called them “freedom swimmers”. The South China Morning Post met an old freedom swimmer and a former member of the Hong Kong Marine Police whose job it was to catch them. Together they paint a picture of desperate escape under trying circumstances.
Hong Kong artist Frank Tang sketches the city’s monuments and gardens and is fascinated by the changing role of Victoria Park in Causeway Bay.
Hong Kong artist Frank Tang sketches the city’s monuments and gardens and is fascinated by the changing role of Victoria Park in Causeway Bay.
In a newly declassified telegram to Britain’s Foreign Office, then governor David Wilson argued his proposals were ‘important to restoring local confidence in the future of Hong Kong’ after the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
In a newly declassified telegram to Britain’s Foreign Office, then governor David Wilson argued his proposals were ‘important to restoring local confidence in the future of Hong Kong’ after the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
On his visits to the city, he inaugurated a railway terminus, a dental teaching hospital, a power station and a wildlife education centre, reflecting his status as the queen’s ‘liegeman of life and limb’ and his own wide-ranging interests.
On his visits to the city, he inaugurated a railway terminus, a dental teaching hospital, a power station and a wildlife education centre, reflecting his status as the queen’s ‘liegeman of life and limb’ and his own wide-ranging interests.
If China implements new national security legislation it has proposed for Hong Kong, the UK may change visa rights for residents of the city who hold British National (Overseas) passports. British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab also said on May 28, 2020, that Hongkongers with the BN(O) passports could become eligible for full British citizenship.
If China implements new national security legislation it has proposed for Hong Kong, the UK may change visa rights for residents of the city who hold British National (Overseas) passports. British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab also said on May 28, 2020, that Hongkongers with the BN(O) passports could become eligible for full British citizenship.