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China-Hong Kong Tension

China continues clampdown on ‘free speech’ in Hong Kong

December 30, 2021December 29, 2021 by China Factor Staff

Stand News is the latest media site to be targeted by the national security police in a massive raid 

Categories China-Hong Kong Tension Tags ChinaFactor, Hong Kong, Mass Arrests, National Security Law, News, Stand News Leave a comment

Chairman Xi Jinping’s Party is rotten to the core

June 26, 2021June 24, 2021 by Juweihu

Human rights are trampled on while freedom of speech is muzzled as a Red mist decends on Hong Kong

Categories China-Hong Kong Tension Tags Apple Daily, Beijing Crackdown, Communist Party of China, Freedom of Speech, Hong Kong, News, South China Sea, Taiwan Leave a comment

How China used Hong Kong’s police to crush democracy in the city

June 18, 2021June 17, 2021 by China Factor Staff

Armed with the Beijing-imposed National Security Law, the once-respected force risks losing the ‘trust’ of the people

Categories China-Hong Kong Tension Tags Apple Daily, Beijing, China, Hong Kong Police Force, Media Muzzled, National Security Law, News, Pro-Democracy Movement Leave a comment

Hong Kong targets bank accounts of jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai

May 28, 2021May 27, 2021 by China Factor Staff

Financial sector dragged into the crackdown to silence the democracy activist and Apple Daily founder, report claims

Categories China-Hong Kong Tension Tags China, Communist Party, Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai, Leading Activist, News, Prison Sentence, Pro-Democracy Movement Leave a comment

Beijing aims to silence China’s shining city by the sea

May 5, 2021May 4, 2021 by Juweihu

Fears grow that new ‘fake news’ law will be used to muzzle Hong Kong’s independent media

Categories China-Hong Kong Tension Tags Beijing, Communist Party of China, Fake News, Hong Kong, National Security Law, News, Press Freedom Leave a comment

China’s move has crushed Hong Kong’s dreams of democracy

March 31, 2021March 30, 2021 by China Factor Staff
The image shows a V-for-victory salute on the background of a Hong Kong flag. Beijing is determined to smash the city’s pro-democracy movement.

‘Patriots’ need only apply as candidates for December’s elections will be vetted by a Beijing-imposed committee

Categories China-Hong Kong Tension Tags Basic Law, Beijing, China, Crackdown, Hong Kong, Legislative Elections, News, Pro-Democracy Movement Leave a comment

Beijing to ban democrats from running in Hong Kong elections

March 2, 2021 by China Factor Staff
The photo shows a main street in Hong Kong jammed with pro-democracy demonstrators. Protests rocked Hong Kong in 2019.

Xi’s ruling Communist Party administration will roll out a ‘One Country, One System’ policy

Categories China-Hong Kong Tension Tags China, Electoral Reform, Hong Kong, Joint Declaration, National People’s Congress, News, Xi Jinping Leave a comment

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