- Activist Agnes Chow Ting won High Court appeal after returning officer failed to give her opportunity to explain her stance
Alex Chow being led away from Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre to serve his jail term. Photo: Handout
Jailed Hong Kong student activist Alex Chow lodges final appeal
He is one of three imprisoned after prosecutors succeeded in securing tougher punishment for their illegal protest at government headquarters in 2014
Topic | Occupy Central
Alex Chow being led away from Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre to serve his jail term. Photo: Handout
A statue dubbed the Hong Kong’s “Lady Liberty” is unveiled at Chinese University’s Sha Tin campus on August 31. Photo: Warton Li
Hong Kong protests can be cooled with a single change to the Basic Law, but will China agree?
- The current turmoil in Hong Kong is less about the extradition law than a continuation of the Occupy movement’s struggle for universal suffrage
- Unless the pan-democrats can convince Beijing to do away with Article 15 of the Basic Law, they are championing a lost cause
Topic | Hong Kong protests
A statue dubbed the Hong Kong’s “Lady Liberty” is unveiled at Chinese University’s Sha Tin campus on August 31. Photo: Warton Li
Opinion
SCMP Columnist
Hong Kong must leave judges out of the protest politics and safeguard the independence of its judiciary
- As more arrests are made amid the continuing unrest and criticism of judges’ decisions begin to roll in, Hong Kong must be reminded of the need to respect the judicial process
- A repeat of the pressure that judges have had to bear working through the Occupy cases would undermine confidence in the courts
Anti-government protesters hold up their hands to symbolise the “five demands”, as they switch on their mobile phone flashlights and sing “Glory to Hong Kong”, outside an MTR mall in Wong Tai Sin on September 10. Photo: Sam Tsang
Opinion
Opinion
As Hong Kong protests cross 100 days, 10 ways to ensure an end to youth anger
- Without unpacking the protests’ complex dynamics, dialogue and remedial action risk missing their mark
- Apart from policies targeting youth empowerment, assurances on ‘one country, two systems’, as seen before 1997, would go a long way towards easing the unrest
Anti-government protesters hold up their hands to symbolise the “five demands”, as they switch on their mobile phone flashlights and sing “Glory to Hong Kong”, outside an MTR mall in Wong Tai Sin on September 10. Photo: Sam Tsang
Riot police fire rounds of tear gas towards anti-government protesters in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong on August 24. Photo: Sam Tsang
Opinion
Opinion
Protests will not solve Hong Kong’s problems; society must come together for dialogue and introspection
- There is always a deeper reality that feeds mass protests and it usually concerns socio-economic questions
- As seen with Occupy Wall Street in New York or the Arab spring in 2011, protest mobilisation does not produce solutions
Riot police fire rounds of tear gas towards anti-government protesters in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong on August 24. Photo: Sam Tsang
Illustration: Craig Stephens
Opinion
Opinion
Tiananmen’s lesson: if Hong Kong’s protesters want a fight, Beijing will certainly give it to them
- The leaders of China’s Communist Party have learned from both Tiananmen and the fall of the Soviet Union not to give in
- The mainland Chinese public also appears to have little sympathy for Hongkongers, which will free Beijing’s hand to act decisively
Illustration: Craig Stephens
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong (centre) arrives at Tegel Airport in Berlin on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Joshua Wong says Hong Kong is like Berlin in ‘new cold war’ as he arrives in Germany
- Activist calls city a bulwark between free world and ‘dictatorship of China’
- Wong was earlier arrested at Hong Kong airport after mix-up over bail conditions
Topic | Hong Kong protests
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong (centre) arrives at Tegel Airport in Berlin on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE
A Lennon Wall in Admiralty on Saturday as activists mark the fifth anniversary of the Occupy movement. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters declare ‘We are back’ in poster campaign from Victoria Park to Admiralty on fifth anniversary of Occupy movement
- Activists stick posters – on walls, escalators, footbridges and the pavement – all the way from to government headquarters
- Organisers estimates they prepared 10,000 posters, with the symbol of the Occupy movement – a yellow umbrella – showing up everywhere
Topic | Hong Kong protests
A Lennon Wall in Admiralty on Saturday as activists mark the fifth anniversary of the Occupy movement. Photo: Sam Tsang
A masked man threw red paint over Denise Ho’s head as she was speaking to the media. Photo: CNS
Red paint thrown over singer Denise Ho at march in Taipei in support of Hong Kong protests
- She was speaking to the media at the time, and told reporters afterwards that activists ‘are facing this kind of threat to their safety on a daily basis’
- Two people have been taken into custody over the incident, according to local newspaper
Topic | Hong Kong extradition law
A masked man threw red paint over Denise Ho’s head as she was speaking to the media. Photo: CNS
Chinese Culture University was one of three universities in Taipei where clashes broke out over Lennon Walls on Wednesday. Photo: pccu.edu.tw
Students clash on university campuses in Taiwan over Hong Kong protests
- Four incidents have been reported in the past week, with mainland Chinese students allegedly attacking Hongkongers and locals over Lennon Walls
- President Tsai Ing-wen condemns the violence, saying the island is democratic and ‘not a base for totalitarian power’
Topic | Hong Kong protests
Chinese Culture University was one of three universities in Taipei where clashes broke out over Lennon Walls on Wednesday. Photo: pccu.edu.tw
A statue dubbed the Hong Kong’s “Lady Liberty” is unveiled at Chinese University’s Sha Tin campus on August 31. Photo: Warton Li
Hong Kong protests can be cooled with a single change to the Basic Law, but will China agree?
- The current turmoil in Hong Kong is less about the extradition law than a continuation of the Occupy movement’s struggle for universal suffrage
- Unless the pan-democrats can convince Beijing to do away with Article 15 of the Basic Law, they are championing a lost cause
Topic | Hong Kong protests
A statue dubbed the Hong Kong’s “Lady Liberty” is unveiled at Chinese University’s Sha Tin campus on August 31. Photo: Warton Li
Opinion
SCMP Columnist
Hong Kong must leave judges out of the protest politics and safeguard the independence of its judiciary
- As more arrests are made amid the continuing unrest and criticism of judges’ decisions begin to roll in, Hong Kong must be reminded of the need to respect the judicial process
- A repeat of the pressure that judges have had to bear working through the Occupy cases would undermine confidence in the courts
Anti-government protesters hold up their hands to symbolise the “five demands”, as they switch on their mobile phone flashlights and sing “Glory to Hong Kong”, outside an MTR mall in Wong Tai Sin on September 10. Photo: Sam Tsang
Opinion
Opinion
As Hong Kong protests cross 100 days, 10 ways to ensure an end to youth anger
- Without unpacking the protests’ complex dynamics, dialogue and remedial action risk missing their mark
- Apart from policies targeting youth empowerment, assurances on ‘one country, two systems’, as seen before 1997, would go a long way towards easing the unrest
Anti-government protesters hold up their hands to symbolise the “five demands”, as they switch on their mobile phone flashlights and sing “Glory to Hong Kong”, outside an MTR mall in Wong Tai Sin on September 10. Photo: Sam Tsang
Riot police fire rounds of tear gas towards anti-government protesters in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong on August 24. Photo: Sam Tsang
Opinion
Opinion
Protests will not solve Hong Kong’s problems; society must come together for dialogue and introspection
- There is always a deeper reality that feeds mass protests and it usually concerns socio-economic questions
- As seen with Occupy Wall Street in New York or the Arab spring in 2011, protest mobilisation does not produce solutions
Riot police fire rounds of tear gas towards anti-government protesters in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong on August 24. Photo: Sam Tsang
Illustration: Craig Stephens
Opinion
Opinion
Tiananmen’s lesson: if Hong Kong’s protesters want a fight, Beijing will certainly give it to them
- The leaders of China’s Communist Party have learned from both Tiananmen and the fall of the Soviet Union not to give in
- The mainland Chinese public also appears to have little sympathy for Hongkongers, which will free Beijing’s hand to act decisively
Illustration: Craig Stephens
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong (centre) arrives at Tegel Airport in Berlin on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Joshua Wong says Hong Kong is like Berlin in ‘new cold war’ as he arrives in Germany
- Activist calls city a bulwark between free world and ‘dictatorship of China’
- Wong was earlier arrested at Hong Kong airport after mix-up over bail conditions
Topic | Hong Kong protests
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong (centre) arrives at Tegel Airport in Berlin on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE
A Lennon Wall in Admiralty on Saturday as activists mark the fifth anniversary of the Occupy movement. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters declare ‘We are back’ in poster campaign from Victoria Park to Admiralty on fifth anniversary of Occupy movement
- Activists stick posters – on walls, escalators, footbridges and the pavement – all the way from to government headquarters
- Organisers estimates they prepared 10,000 posters, with the symbol of the Occupy movement – a yellow umbrella – showing up everywhere
Topic | Hong Kong protests
A Lennon Wall in Admiralty on Saturday as activists mark the fifth anniversary of the Occupy movement. Photo: Sam Tsang
