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News China » Hong Kong » History: The Decolonization of Hong Kong

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2025/08/the-decolonization-of-hong-kong/

Published on: Wednesday 27 August 2025

Identify the key characteristics of Hong Kong’s decolonization evolution. First, the timing of Hong Kong’s decolonization struggle was unusual. It was not part of the United Nations-endorsed global ...

News China » Hong Kong » History: China wields security laws to cow Hong Kong’s once-free literary scene

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/china-wields-security-laws-to-cow-hong-kong-s-once-free-literary-scene/ar-AA281wUm

Published on: Wednesday 15 July 2026

Hong Kong once published books on topics such as the Tiananmen crackdown. But new arrests show Beijing intends to bring the city’s booksellers and publishers to heel.

News China » Hong Kong » History: Jimmy Lai case shows how China is rewriting Hong Kong’s history

News channel or source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/16/china-hong-kong-jimmy-lai-history/

Published on: Monday 15 December 2025

The guilty verdict handed down to Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai Monday — a ruling that is likely to see the 78-year old spend his final years in prison — was more than just another conviction for ...

News China » Hong Kong » History: China: Building a ‘Patriots Only’ Hong Kong

News channel or source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/06/29/china-building-a-patriots-only-hong-kong

Published on: Sunday 29 June 2025

China’s government has erased Hong Kong’s freedoms since imposing the draconian National Security Law on June 30, 2020. The Chinese government has largely dismantled freedoms of expression, ...

News China » Hong Kong » History: Hong Kong curbs Tiananmen anniversary, as US and Taiwan say world must remember

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/we-will-never-forget-tiananmen-crackdown-taiwan-us-say-36th-anniversary-2025-06-04/

Published on: Wednesday 04 June 2025

HONG KONG/TAIPEI, June 4 (Reuters) - Security was tight in Hong Kong and activists faced pressure from police on the 36th anniversary of China's bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in ...

News China » Hong Kong » History: True Patriots on Trial in Hong Kong

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2025/10/true-patriots-on-trial-in-hong-kong/

Published on: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Three remarkable Hong Kongers – Chow Han-tung, Albert Ho, and Lee Cheuk-yan – are about to go on trial in Hong Kong for being Chinese patriots. The Chinese state regularly brands pro-democracy ...