Asia Pacific Jun 30, 2022

25 years after its handover, Hong Kong reflects on promises made

Critics such as Chris Patten, the last British governor, accuse the Chinese Communist Party of betraying its promises to Hong Kong.

Asia Pacific / Politics May 5, 2022

John Lee: The former Hong Kong cop Beijing trusts

Lee's elevation caps a remarkable rise for a man whose police career lifted him from a working-class family to the upper echelons of Hong Kong's political establishment.

Asia Pacific | FOCUS Jan 14, 2022

Who's next? Hong Kong media fearful after arrests and shutdowns.

China's crackdown on dissent has silenced most Hong Kong democracy activists and has now begun to focus on the press, causing an "unprecedented climate of fear in the industry."

Asia Pacific Aug 27, 2021

Digital dissent: The race to archive Hong Kong's democracy movement

Tech-savvy volunteers are scrambling to preserve what they can of a museum and an opposition newspaper.

Asia Pacific | FOCUS Aug 2, 2021

Hong Kong's civil society 'withers' under national security purge

A wave of resignations has swept through the city as community leaders try to avoid receiving a knock on the door from police.