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In Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai’s Next Digital Says It Has Been Forced to Close
Next Digital, which has published criticism of China for decades, said a crackdown had left it with no way to operate. Its main newspaper, Apple Daily, closed in June.
Nicole Kidman Skipped Quarantine in Hong Kong. Residents Were Angry.
The actress, in Hong Kong to film a series about wealthy expatriates, was allowed to skip a coronavirus quarantine. Residents saw the exemption as deeply unfair, and it became a point of debate among lawmakers.
Traveling to Hong Kong in the pandemic is hard. The government just made it harder.
Abrupt changes in quarantine rules have left Hong Kong residents apoplectic, especially after the actress Nicole Kidman, who is in the city to film a new Amazon series, was reported to have received an exemption.
Hong Kong Police Arrest University Students for ‘Advocating Terrorism’
The student union leaders, who were detained under the national security law, had expressed sympathy for a man who stabbed a police officer before killing himself.
How Beijing Has Buried Hong Kong’s Last Vestige of Democracy
The landslide victory of pro-democracy politicians in local elections in 2019 was a stunning rebuke of Beijing. Now, fear of retaliation has driven them to quit.
Mirror, a Hong Kong Boy Band, Cheers the Gloomy Chinese City
The popularity of the group, called Mirror, has offered the city a rare burst of unity and pleasure after years of political upheaval.
Pro-Beijing Clubs Will Help Pick Hong Kong’s Next Leader
Beijing is making it nearly impossible for the pro-democracy camp to win city elections. One tool: “grass roots” groups loyal to the government.
Biden Defers Deportation of Hong Kong Residents in U.S.
President Biden said there were “compelling foreign policy reasons” for the order, which would give any resident of Hong Kong targeted for deportation an 18-month reprieve.
Hong Kong Arrests Anthony Wong Yiu-ming for Singing at Election Rally
Anticorruption officials arrested Anthony Wong Yiu-ming, a Cantopop singer, who has publicly supported the Chinese territory’s pro-democracy opposition.