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By James Pomfret HONG KONG, Sept 8 (Reuters) - "For the first time in history, we, the people of Hong Kong, will be master of our own destiny." On July 1, 1997, Tung Chee-hwa delivered his first ...
News China » Hong Kong » History: The Canton–Hong Kong strike changed China’s history
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Canton–Hong Kong strike, one of the longest general strikes in history. The strike was a remarkable experiment in working-class democracy and its outcome ...
News China » Hong Kong » History: The Decolonization of Hong Kong
The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This ...
News China » Hong Kong » History: Why are Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil organisers facing prison?
Amnesty International said they ‘must be released immediately and unconditionally’.
News China » Hong Kong » History: Jimmy Lai case shows how China is rewriting Hong Kong’s history
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: Hong Kong curbs Tiananmen anniversary, as US and Taiwan say world must remember
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: Hong Kong’s Past, Present and Future
Six years after the implementation of Hong Kong's National Security Law on June 30, 2020, the city remains at the center of debates about identity and governance. Once celebrated as a gateway between ...
News China » Hong Kong » History: China: Building a ‘Patriots Only’ Hong Kong
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: A curator’s crucial perspective on Hong Kong’s burgeoning art scene in the 1980s and 1990s
In a new book, Oscar Ho Hing-kay outlines the growing visibility of boundary-breaking local artists and their responses to the 1997 handover to China ...