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National Security Law

How China silenced Hong Kong’s voices of democracy

September 22, 2025August 22, 2025 by Ka Hang Wong

Patriotic education and suppression have changed the city following Beijing’s national security law

Categories Viewpoint Tags China, Communist Party, Hong Kong, National Security Law, News, The Conversation, The Long Read Leave a comment

Hong Kong 2024 slides into an Orwellian vision of ‘1984’ 

November 20, 2024November 19, 2024 by China Factor Staff

‘We dared to confront the regime with the question: will democracy be possible within such a structure?’

Categories Talking Point Tags China, Hong Kong Activists, Mass Protests, National Security Law, News, Prison Sentences Leave a comment

Hong Kongers planning to make their voices heard 

July 3, 2024June 20, 2024 by Lyndon Lee

Major parties court their vote ahead of next month’s crucial parliamentary elections in the UK

Categories UK Election Tags British National Overseas Program, China, Hong Kong, National Security Law, News, The Long Read, United Kingdom Leave a comment

How national security laws crashed Hong Kong

March 25, 2024March 22, 2024 by Michael C. Davis

Pro-democracy leaders are either in jail or have fled into exile and dare not speak out about Article 23

Categories Deep Dive Tags Communist Party of China, Hong Kong, National Security Law, Pro-Democracy Movement, Splash, The Conversation Leave a comment

Smear campaigns and the ‘sham trial’ of Jimmy Lai

December 21, 2023December 19, 2023 by China Factor Staff

China loads the deck with handpicked judges in a test case for media freedom and judicial independence 

Categories Inside Hong Kong Tags Apple Daily, Communist Party of China, Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai Trial, National Security Law, News Leave a comment

Death of a Party and China’s vicious crackdown

May 30, 2023May 29, 2023 by China Factor Staff

Hong Kong is just another example of Beijing’s suppression of civil liberties and human rights

Categories Going, Going, Gone Tags Banned, China, Civic Party, Communist Party of China, Hong Kong, National Security Law, News Leave a comment

China’s security specter hangs over foreign firms

May 2, 2023May 1, 2023 by China Factor Staff

Expanded espionage and national security laws have rattled big business in the world’s second-largest economy

Categories Geopolitical Threats Tags Bain & Company, China, Micron Technology, Mintz Group, National Security Law, News Leave a comment

Hong Kong in the grip of an emigration wave

November 30, 2022November 29, 2022 by Cindy Sui

‘Uncertainty’ and the ‘National Security Law’ continue to drive the exodus as the city struggles to return to normal

Categories China Watch Tags China, Covid-19 Restrictions, Exodus, Hong Kong, National Security Law, News, Voice of America Leave a comment

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

How China’s Communist Party-state infected Hong Kong’s DNA

September 11, 2025August 6, 2021 by China Factor Staff

The CCP resembles the sci-fi horror ‘The Thing’ as it assimilates and crushes the city’s spirit

Categories Human Rights Tags Beijing, Communist Party of China, Hong Kong Crisis, National Security Law, News, President Joe Biden, President Xi Jinping, The Thing Leave a comment
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