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As the first leader of the former British colony after its handover, he balanced the demands of Beijing and Hong Kongers, making it clear that Beijing was now in charge.
News China » Hong Kong » Security: How Britain handed Hong Kong to China in 1997 — and what followed under Tung Chee-hwa
Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first post-handover leader, died at 89. Here’s how he led the city through its early years under China.
News China » Hong Kong » Security: Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first leader under Chinese rule, dies at 89
HONG KONG — "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 speech as chief executive of the ...
News China » Hong Kong » Security: Why are Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil organisers facing prison?
Amnesty International said they ‘must be released immediately and unconditionally’.
News China » Hong Kong » Security: Court convicts 2 organizers of Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigils in national security case
Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, whose commemorations of China’s 1989 crackdown drew tens of thousands of people each year, had pleaded not guilty to inciting subversion.
News China » Hong Kong » Security: Hong Kong court hears final arguments in former Tiananmen vigil organizers’ national security trial
Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan, two former leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, have pleaded not guilty.
News China » Hong Kong » Security: Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong faces longer prison sentence after second national security guilty plea
Joshua Wong, the former teenage activist who became a key leader of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, faces the prospect of many more years in prison after he pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the latest ...
News China » Hong Kong » Security: Hong Kong court hears arguments over sentencing for former Tiananmen vigil organizers
Three former organizers of Hong Kong’s annual vigils in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown returned to court Friday to argue over their sentences after being convicted of inciting ...
News China » Hong Kong » Security: Prominent pro-democracy Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in second national security law case
Wong, already serving prison time for a separate case, pleaded guilty to a second offence under Beijing’s 2020 National Security law, which could see his sentence extended by a minimum of three years ...
News China » Hong Kong » Security: China approves plan to impose Hong Kong security law
China’s parliament approved plans Thursday to impose a security law on Hong Kong that has ratcheted up tensions with the US and sparked new protests over fears the city is losing its special freedoms.
News China » Hong Kong » Security: Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 74
In August, two high-profile activists were found guilty in a national security case along with the organisation they once led – the now-dissolved Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic ...
News China » Hong Kong » Security: China opens new Hong Kong security agency headquarters
China on Wednesday opened a new office for its security agents to operate openly in Hong Kong for the first time under a tough new law, transforming a hotel into the force’s headquarters. “The Office ...