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Mask March Ban Has a Chilling Precedent for Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists in the UK
Refugees from Chinese oppression in Britain also believe the Government’s crackdown on face masks at demonstrations opens them up to reprisals
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‘Britain Must Meet its Historic Responsibility to Hong Kong’
The UK Government must do more to stand against the curtailing of democracy by Beijing in the former British colony – and fulfil its legal and moral responsibilities, writes Lord Alton
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Can the Milk Tea Alliance Take Its Fight Offline?
In Asia, a new movement for democracy has been gaining strength – but how can it enact change on the ground when it comes to corruption and authoritarianism?
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A New Year of Repression in Hong Kong
Stuart Heaver reports on the arrests of Hong Kong journalists, academics, lawyers and opposition politicians under the Beijing-imposed National Security Law
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Government Approves Export of Tear Gas to a Third of the World
New research shows that the UK has approved export licenses of tear gas to regimes with concerning records on freedom of speech and assembly
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Joe Biden is Done with the Middle East
CJ Werleman explains why the new US President is pivoting his foreign policy toward the challenge of China
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Refugees from Hong Kong Could be Exactly what Post-Brexit, Post-COVID Britain Needs
Jonathan Portes explores how the Government’s offer of a home to those being politically repressed in the former British colony could mark a shift in the UK’s economy and immigration debate
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HSBC ‘Aided One of World’s Biggest Crackdowns on Democracy’, MPs Tell Banker
The British bank’s bosses struggled to defend its record of being complicit in China’s crackdown in Hong Kong, reports Steve Shaw
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The Storming of the Capitol – Part One: Trump’s Red Guards
In the first part of a series of analyses, Anthony Barnett looks at how the Chinese Communist Party is weaponising the Washington insurrection to defend its suppression of Hong Kong
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‘The Darkest Time Is To Come’: Veteran Activist Sees Bleak Future Ahead for Hong Kong
In an exclusive interview with Byline Times, Lee-Cheuk Yan discusses comparisons between the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989 and recent pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, and its future under Beijing’s National Security Law
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Government Refuses to Condemn HSBC for ‘Colluding’ with China in Hong Kong
The British bank froze the accounts of people involved in Hong Kong’s struggle for democracy as leading activists are convicted of their roles in mass protests
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Hong Kong Activists Face Jail As Pro-Democracy Movement Fades
Today, activists for democracy in the former British colony find themselves with no protests, no opposition law-makers and, soon, without their influential leaders
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Democrats Resign as Beijing Signs Death Warrant for Hong Kong’s Democracy
The UK Government remains silent as politicians who refuse to accept China’s sovereignty over the city are purged, reports Steve Shaw
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US Election 2020: As America’s Future Hangs in the Balance, Trump’s Actions will be Empowering Dictators
The President’s attempts to prematurely claim an election victory has the potential to destroy American moral leadership, says Steve Shaw
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US Election 2020: How a Trump Defeat Could Reshape America’s Role in the World
The hallmark of the Trump administration’s foreign policy has been for America to always come first but, if the President fails to win re-election, the world could see a return of a global leader, says Steve Shaw
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‘Unnecessary Secrecy’: Government Dodges Scrutiny on Hong Kong Over Fears of Harming Relations with China
How serious is the UK about upholding its historic responsibility towards its former colony, where a crisis of democracy is unfolding before the world’s eyes?
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How Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Movement is Changing
Tommy Walker reports on the more nuanced methods of resistance democrats are adopting in the face of repressive new laws
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It’s Time for Britain to Reassess its Capitulation on Tibet
China’s refusal to respect autonomy in Tibet and Hong Kong resembles an attempt to revive a colonial past – one which Britain has an obligation not to walk away from
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For Fear of Punishment: Beijing’s Political Weapon of Silence in Hong Kong
China’s strategy for the former British colony is unique – to encourage self-censorship through fear. Tommy Walker reports from Hong Kong
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Arrest of Hong Kong Activists Linked to Damning UK Parliamentary Group Report on Police Brutality
Following the arrest of campaigners under the new National Security Law, British parliamentarians condemn the Hong Kong Police’s response to their report examining breaches of humanitarian law and human rights by the force
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Britain Must ‘Execute Its Historical and Moral Duty’ to Hong Kong
As a new parliamentary report accuses the city’s police force of humanitarian and human rights abuses, calls continue for the UK Government to take a tougher stance towards Beijing
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A British Route to Freedom for the Hong Kongers Left Frozen by Beijing’s Chill
Tommy Walker speaks to pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong about their future in the city, following the imposition of China’s draconian national security law
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British PR Firm Founded by Ex-Bell Pottinger Employees Snaps Up Contract to ‘Relaunch Hong Kong’
As the Chinese Government continues to clamp down on civil liberties for those living in the city, its leaders have turned to a UK company unafraid to step where others do not
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The Last Protests? Has Beijing Finally Stifled the Flame of Freedom in Hong Kong?
Tommy Walker reports with eyewitness accounts of this week’s demonstrations in the former British colony and explores what Boris Johnson’s offer of refuge means to the residents of Hong Kong
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America Becomes a Propaganda Tool Abroad By Suppressing Dissent Domestically
Steve Shaw reports on how Donald Trump’s violent crackdown on Black Lives Matter protests are being used by repressive regimes abroad to prove the superpower’s hypocrisy
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What Does China Really Want?
With pro-democracy protests recommencing in Hong Kong, the Financial Times’ former Asia Editor explores what China’s motives are towards the former British colony and the West.
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‘Without Freedom and Democracy What’s the Point in Living?’ – The New Law Presenting a Grave Threat to Hong Kong
Beijing has today approved plans for a new national security law to bring Hong Kong further under its control. What does this mean for the future of democracy on the island? Steve Shaw reports.
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‘The End of Hong Kong’: Beijing Set to Impose Controversial New ‘Anti-Sedition’ Law
Tommy Walker reports on the reactions from the democratic opposition to a new law that breaks the ‘one country, two systems’ consensus.
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Hong Kong Heats Up Again as COVID-19 Crisis Takes a Back Seat
Tommy Walker reports from Hong Kong about why the fight for democracy rather than the battle against the Coronavirus is headline news in the former British colony.
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Beijing Continues to ‘Throttle’ Hong Kong by Hijacking Its Legal System During COVID-19 Pandemic
Steve Shaw reports on the recent arrest of democracy activists on the island, where protests against Chinese influence were brought to an end in January following the Coronavirus outbreak.
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The Coronavirus Crisis: The UK’s Perplexing Approach to COVID-19 – As Viewed from Hong Kong
Stuart Heaver reports from Hong Kong on the contrasting approach taken on the island to the Coronavirus pandemic – and the lessons the UK should have learned from it.
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US Correspondent Covering Democracy Protests Denied Entry into Hong Kong
Tommy Walker reports how the author and former Green Beret Michael Yon was stopped by immigration after his coverage of civil unrest in the city.
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Legal Action Launched Over Hong Kong Police’s Use of Tear Gas on Democracy Protestors
Fears of long-term health issues had been exacerbated by the police force’s use of expired tear gas which can degrade into more toxic chemicals, Steve Shaw reports.
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China’s Muslim Concentration Camps Paint a Bleak Picture of the Future Awaiting the Hong Kong Protestors
CJ Werleman explains how the Hong Kong protestors are being mobilised through fear that China’s Uighur concentration camps represent the future awaiting the island.
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‘Tibet Today is the Tomorrow of Hong Kong’
As increasingly repressive measures are introduced to quash the Hong Kong protests, the shockwaves are being felt in Tibet – the sad history of which may be a vision of what is to come on the island.
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How Donald Trump Became a Vision of Hope for the Hong Kong Protestors
Steve Shaw sat down with political activist Edward Chin in Hong Kong to discuss how the protests taking the island by storm have a different feel from those which occurred five years ago.
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Hong Kong Protests: ‘The City is Starting to Feel Like a Police State’
Steve Shaw on worrying developments in Hong Kong residents’ fight for freedom – a quest which has now gone beyond concerns about the island’s controversial extradition bill.
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Marching for Freedom in Hong Kong
Steve Shaw reports from Hong Kong on the revolution sweeping the streets of the island and its fight for democracy.
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HONG KONG PROTESTS: British-Made Riot Gear Used in Crackdown
The Government appears to have stepped up the sale of security equipment to Hong Kong following the Umbrella Movement protests in 2014. How does this fit with the UK’s role in standing up for the city’s people?
