Asia Pacific Jan 28, 2021
Xi told Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, whose term expires next year, that having loyal leaders was the only way to ensure the city’s stability, state media said.
Asia Pacific Jan 12, 2021
China plans further Hong Kong crackdown after mass arrests, sources say
Beijing denies curbing rights and freedoms in the global financial hub and has opposed criticism of the arrests.
Asia Pacific / Crime & Legal | FOCUS Dec 23, 2020
Hong Kong’s courts are the last check on Beijing’s growing power
by Iain Marlow, Kari Lindberg and Natalie Lung
The courts are on the front lines of a clash between two very different legal systems.
Asia Pacific Nov 30, 2020
Left bankless due to sanctions, Hong Kong's Carrie Lam says she uses ‘piles of cash’
The chief executive has described being subject to U.S. sanctions over undermining Hong Kong's autonomy as "very honorable" and "an honor."
Asia Pacific / Politics Nov 25, 2020
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam vows closer ties with Beijing in key speech
by Eric Lam
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam vowed to continue strengthening ties with China, using an annual policy address to defend Beijing’s tightening grip over the financial hub and announce new steps to boost economic links with the mainland. In a speech on Wednesday that was ...
Commentary / World Nov 22, 2020
After 23 years of Chinese rule, Hong Kong is back to square one
by Frank Ching
Hong Kong's chief executive has created a path for the city's leadership to remove legislators at will, without involvement of the legislature itself or the judiciary.
Asia Pacific Oct 2, 2020
Hong Kong ensures ‘stable’ holiday with thousands of riot police
by Kari Lindberg and Eric Lam
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam relied on thousands of riot police to enforce what she declared was a return to stability, sweeping up scores of would-be protesters before they could mobilize another mass demonstration on the anniversary of communist rule in China. Crowds that gathered ...
Asia Pacific Oct 1, 2020
Hong Kong's Carrie Lam hails 'return to peace' amid ban on anniversary protests
Hong Kong's leader Thursday hailed her city's "return to peace" after China imposed a security law that helped suppress a pro-democracy movement, as just a handful of people defied a heavy police presence and protested during National Day celebrations. The People's Republic of China celebrates ...
Commentary / World Sep 20, 2020
Hong Kong offers a glimpse of one Belarus future
by Clara Ferreira Marques
From the start, the crowds in Minsk learned from Hong Kong’s broad-based, leaderless campaign. They, too, were making demands of a system ill-equipped to compromise.
Asia Pacific | FOCUS Aug 19, 2020
Hong Kong protesters adapt as security law stifles old tactics
by Iain Marlow and Kari Lindberg
Demonstrators have sought more creative methods, like supporting sympathetic businesses.
Asia Pacific / Politics Aug 18, 2020
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has credit card trouble after U.S. sanctions
The chief executive is one of 11 officials to have been named in the measures.
Asia Pacific / Politics Aug 8, 2020
China on Saturday slammed the United States for imposing "barbarous" sanctions in response to Beijing's crackdown in Hong Kong, capping a dramatic week of deteriorating relations between the world's two biggest economies. In the toughest U.S. action on Hong Kong since China imposed a sweeping ...