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Collected by: University of Toronto

Archived since: Oct, 2014

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Title: 2016 Legislative Council Election

URL: http://sp.wenweipo.com/2016lc/

Description: Wenweipo is a pro-Beijing state-owned newspaper based in Hong Kong. This webpage provides information related to the 2016 Legislative Council election.

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Title: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

URL: http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201803/30/P2018033000690.htm

Description: This press release from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is in response to media enquiries regarding Benny Tai's comment that Hong Kong could consider becoming an independent state.

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Title: PLA could be deployed at HK’s request: Beijing

URL: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2019/07/25/2003719282

Description: This article reports how on July 24, 2019, China issued a stark reminder that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) could be deployed in Hong Kong if the authorities requested support in maintaining “public order” after weeks of sometimes violent protests.

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Title: China's top legislator stresses full implementation of "patriots administering Hong Kong" principle

URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-03/30/c_139846692.htm

Description: This article reports on how China's top legislator Li Zhanshu on Tuesday stressed full implementation of the basic principle of "patriots administering Hong Kong" to ensure lasting stability and prosperity in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

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Title: China amends Basic Law annexes to improve Hong Kong's electoral system

URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-03/30/c_139847537.htm

Description: This article reports on how China's top legislature adopted a package of legislative changes to improve Hong Kong's electoral system. The amended annexes were passed at China's top legislature with a unanimous vote and the overall design of the system is centered around restructuring and empowering the Election Committee.

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Title: Hong Kong court convicts Jimmy Lai over illegal assembly

URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-04/02/c_139855233.htm

Description: This article reports how the Hong Kong court convicted Jimmy Lai over illegal assembly in August 2019.

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Title: Hong Kong publishes bill on improving electoral system

URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-04/13/c_139878425.htm

Description: This article reports on the publication of the bill intended to improve the electoral system in six areas, including reconstituting the Election Committee, providing for the method for selecting the chief executive, updating the composition and formation of the LegCo, and the candidate eligibility.

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Title: Hong Kong embraces 1st national security education day after related law takes effect in 2020

URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-04/15/c_139883151.htm

Description: This article reports on Hong Kong's first National Security Education Day on April 15, 2021, including activities such as lectures, exhibitions, mosaic walls and doors open days of disciplined services.

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Title: Jimmy Lai sentenced to 1 year in jail for illegal assembly in Hong Kong

URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-04/16/c_139885086.htm

Description: This article reports on Jimmy Lai's 1-year jail sentence for illegal assembly in Hong Kong in August 2019.

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Title: Hong Kong LegCo president confident in more efficient legislature

URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-05/02/c_139920837.htm

Description: The article reports that the Hong Kong Legislative Council president Andrew Leung geared up for more tasks to accomplish the work on his agenda after presiding over the passage of the annual government budget.

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Title: Law improving oath-taking arrangement for public officers takes effect in Hong Kong

URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-05/21/c_139961016.htm

Description: This article reports on the publication of the law that requires Hong Kong's public officers including district councilors to take an oath to uphold the Basic Law and bear allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

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Title: Hong Kong students' associations should abide by national security law: official

URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-05/26/c_139971366.htm

Description: This article reports on how Hong Kong's Secretary for Education said that students' associations of Hong Kong universities and their members should abide by the national security law in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and other laws as well.

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Title: Hong Kong legislature passes amendments to electoral laws

URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-05/27/c_139973801.htm

Description: This article reports on the passing of the Improving Electoral System (Consolidated Amendments) Bill 2021, following the related amendments made at the state level by the country's top legislature earlier in 2021.

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Title: Hong Kong starts new chapter with improved electoral system

URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-05/28/c_139973972.htm

Description: This article reports on the passing of the Improving Electoral System (Consolidated Amendments) Bill 2021, following the related amendments made at the state level by the country's top legislature earlier in 2021.

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Title: China rebukes U.S. over Hong Kong's electoral system bill

URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-05/28/c_139975938.htm

Description: This article reports on how China deplored U.S. accusations against the Improving Electoral System (Consolidated Amendments) Bill 2021 passed by Hong Kong's legislature, urging the U.S. to stop meddling in China's internal affairs.

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Title: Xinhua Commentary: What Washington cares about Hong Kong is to sow trouble

URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-05/30/c_139979031.htm

Description: This commentary records that the groundless accusation is the latest U.S. flagrant smearing against the local legislation on improving the electoral system in Hong Kong, and has again exposed Washington's hegemonic thinking and its ulterior motives to sow trouble in Hong Kong.

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Title: Hong Kong's amended electoral laws take effect

URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-05/31/c_139981004.htm

Description: This article reports on how a Hong Kong government spokesman said that improving the electoral system is beneficial for the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong

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Title: HKSAR gov't refutes Britain's so-called six-monthly report on Hong Kong

URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-06/11/c_1310002390.htm

Description: This article reports on how the Hong Kong government strongly objected to the remarks in Britain's six-monthly report on Hong Kong.

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Title: British report over Hong Kong blatant interference in China's internal affairs: Chinese embassy

URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-06/11/c_1310002596.htm

Description: The article reports on how the Chinese embassy in Britain condemned the UK's "supervision" over Hong Kong.

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Title: China condemns so-called Hong Kong report by Britain

URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-06/11/c_1310003285.htm

Description: This article reports how a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that China strongly condemns and firmly opposes the so-called "Six-monthly Report on Hong Kong" published by the British government.

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Title: Jimmy Lai's national security case transferred to Hong Kong's High Court

URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-06/15/c_1310009419.htm

Description: This article reports on how a Hong Kong judge transferred the case of Jimmy Lai to the High Court.

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Title: National security law effective in restoring peace in Hong Kong: security chief

URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-06/16/c_1310011259.htm

Description: The article reports on how a senior official of the Hong Kong government said that the national security law is effective in restoring peace and order.

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Title: Method for the Selection of the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/download/2021-3-30/AnnexI.pdf

Description: This document outlines the method for the selection of the Hong Kong chief executive. It was adopted at the National People's Congress on April 4, 1990, approved on August 28, 2010, and amended on March 30, 2021.

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Title: Method for the Formation of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Its Voting Procedures

URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/download/2021-3-30/AnnexII.pdf

Description: The document outlines the method for the formation of the Hong Kong Legislative Council and its voting procedures. It was adopted at the National People's Congress on April 4, 1990, approved on August 28, 2010, and amended on March 30, 2021.

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Title: Hong Kong Canadians march on Vancouver’s Chinese consulate to protest proposed extradition law

URL: https://globalnews.ca/news/5371438/hong-kong-extradition-protest-vancouver/

Description: This news article with video stills documents the marching of Hong Kong Canadians on Vancouver's Chinese consulate to protest the extradition law that was proposed in Hong Kong in 2019. It contains contextual information of the proposed legislation and direct quotations from the marchers.

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Title: IN PHOTOS: Hong Kong protests around the world

URL: https://globalnews.ca/news/5781608/hong-kong-protests-world/

Description: This news article contains photos from around the world of pro-democracy protesters, from cities such as Toronto, Vancouver, and Paris.

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Title: China decries 'near terrorism' protests as forces conduct military exercises close to Hong Kong border

URL: https://nationalpost.com/news/world/chinese-forces-exercise-across-border-as-hong-kong-braces-for-protests/

Description: This news article documents how Chinese paramilitary forces conducted exercises across the border from Hong Kong amidst the Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement.

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Title: Chinese ambassador: Beijing not to 'sit by and watch' if Hong Kong protests turn into unrest

URL: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2019-08-15/Liu-Xiaoming-Hong-Kong-situation-will-end-in-orderly-way-JbfFCPohva/index.html

Description: The CGTN is a state-run English-language news channel based in Beijing, China. This article documents Hong Kong protester activity in 2019 and notes how Liu Xiaoming, the Chinese ambassador to the UK, stated that Beijing has plans to end the violence.

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Title: Rule of law guarantees HK role as intl. financial hub: expert

URL: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2019-08-15/Rule-of-law-guarantees-HK-role-as-int-l-financial-hub-expert-Jb8YO9nhqo/index.html

Description: The CGTN is a state-run English-language news channel based in Beijing, China. This article documents the 2019 Hong Kong protests and how experts and scholars in Beijing called for efforts to maintain order, security and stability in Hong Kong through the rule of law.

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Title: Hong Kong urged to drop prosecutions of leading activists, not to silence peaceful protest

URL: https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1063842/

Description: This article addresses how independent UN human rights experts urged Hong Kong authorities to immediately drop the criminal prosecution of 15 pro-democracy activists who participated in peaceful protests across Hong Kong in 2019.

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Title: Hong Kong: Draft law on national security must comply with rights obligations

URL: https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1066682/

Description: This article addresses how UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, stressed that the draft law for the Special Administrative Region must fully comply with China’s human rights obligations.

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Title: UN rights office expresses alarm at Hong Kong arrests under new security law

URL: https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/07/1067682/

Description: This article address how the UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed alarm at the arrest of demonstrators in Hong Kong, following China’s adoption of a national security law for Hong Kong.

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Title: Ventus Lau

URL: https://thestandnews.com/author/劉頴匡/

Description: Stand News was a free non-profit online news website based in Hong Kong from 2014 to 2021. It primarily focused on social and political issues in Hong Kong. This webpage features articles about Ventus Lau, a Hong Kong politician who is the convenor or the Shatin Community Network and the founding convenor of the Community Network Union.

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Title: Hong Kong: Arbitrary arrests, brutal beatings and torture in police detention revealed

URL: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/09/hong-kong-arbitrary-arrests-brutal-beatings-and-torture-in-police-detention-revealed/

Description: Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights. This article reports different instances of police brutality in arrests and detention.

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Title: Hong Kong: Targeting of pro-democracy newspaper threatens press freedom

URL: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/08/hong-kong-targeting-of-pro-democracy-newspaper-is-threat-to-press-freedom/

Description: Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights. This article reports how the targeting of pro-democracy newspaper by authoritative bodies threatens press freedom in Hong Kong.

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Title: Statement by Minister of Foreign Affairs on closure of Hong Kong newspaper, Apple Daily

URL: https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2021/06/statement-by-minister-of-foreign-affairs-on-closure-of-hong-kong-newspaper-apple-daily.html

Description: This is a statement by Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs on the closure of Hong Kong newspaper, Apple Daily. One statement reads, "The forced closure of the newspaper, Apple Daily, as a result of charges under the National Security Law for Hong Kong is a significant blow to freedom of the press and freedom of speech in Hong Kong, and makes it clear that the powers under the National Security Law are being used as a tool to suppress media freedom and punish dissidents."

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Title: National security legislation in Hong Kong: Foreign Secretary's statement in Parliament

URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/foreign-secretary-statement-on-national-security-legislation-in-hong-kong/

Description: After the announcement of the National Security Law in Hong Kong by China, a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom House of Commons raises concerns about the National Security Law's "impact on the rights, freedoms and critically high degree of autonomy bestowed on Hong Kong under China's Basic Law for Hong Kong as well as under the Joint Declaration."

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Title: Hong Kong and the UK

URL: https://www.gov.uk/world/hong-kong/news/

Description: This is a collection of news articles relating to the Hong Kong's relationship with the United Kingdom, specifically relating to the National Security Law.

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Title: A collection of joint signatures on the anti-extradition bill

URL: https://www.hkcnews.com/FOO-petitions/

Description: This article reports on online joint signatures collected against the Anti-Extradition Amendment Bill.

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Title: An Open Letter to the CE from an Inspector of the Hong Kong Police

URL: https://www.hkcnews.com/article/22393/%E9%80%83%E7%8A%AF%E6%A2%9D%E4%BE%8B-%E6%9E%97%E9%84%AD%E6%9C%88%E5%A8%A5-%E7%9D%A3%E5%AF%9F-22399/an-open-letter-to-the-ce-from-an-inspector-of-the-hong-kong-police/

Description: This is an open letter to then Hong Kong Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, from an inspector of the Hong Kong police, urging for an independent committee to be formed, "to look into the apparent police misconduct and neglect of duty displayed in the handling of recent protests and the Yuen Long attack on 21 July 2019."

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Title: Politics

URL: https://www.hkcnews.com/article/49873/眾新聞-49873/眾新聞告別-感謝讀者/

Description: Citizen News was an online news website based in Hong Kong. It was launched on January 1, 2017 and shut down on January 4, 2022 amidst the government's crackdown on news media. This collection of posts reports broadly on the topic of politics.

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Title: Dissolution of the Teachers' Union

URL: https://www.hkcnews.com/event/120

Description: Citizen News was an online news website based in Hong Kong. It was launched on January 1, 2017 and shut down on January 4, 2022 amidst the government's crackdown on news media. This is a collection of posts about the dissolution of the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union.

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Title: The Crime of "Advocating Terrorism"

URL: https://www.hkcnews.com/event/121/

Description: Citizen News was an online news website based in Hong Kong. It was launched on January 1, 2017 and shut down on January 4, 2022 amidst the government's crackdown on news media. This collection of posts reports on the arrests of university students over "advocating terrorism" under the National Security Law.

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Title: 2 Years After the Siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University

URL: https://www.hkcnews.com/event/124/

Description: Citizen News was an online news website based in Hong Kong. It was launched on January 1, 2017 and shut down on January 4, 2022 amidst the government's crackdown on news media. This collection of posts reports on the situation in Hong Kong, 2 years after the Siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

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Title: Politics

URL: https://www.hkcnews.com/news/12/政治

Description: Citizen News was an online news website based in Hong Kong. It was launched on January 1, 2017 and shut down on January 4, 2022 amidst the government's crackdown on news media. This collection of posts reports broadly on the topic of politics.

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Title: Gov't cautious over law amendments

URL: https://www.news.gov.hk/eng/2019/02/20190222/20190222_184902_729.html?type=category&name=law_order&tl=t/

Description: News.gov.hk is the central source of the Hong Kong Government's news. This article describes how Secretary for former Security John Lee said that "[t]he Government is collecting views on proposed amendments to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance and will carefully handle the amendment process."

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Title: Peaceful participation urged

URL: https://www.news.gov.hk/eng/2019/07/20190707/20190707_120113_536.html?type=category&name=law_order

Description: This is a new article released from the Hong Kong Government News website. This article describes how "[t]he Police have appealed to citizens to express their views in a peaceful and orderly manner when taking part in a public order event in Kowloon."

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Title: Peaceful participation urged

URL: https://www.news.gov.hk/eng/2019/07/20190707/20190707_120113_536.html?type=category&name=law_order

Description: This is a new article released from the Hong Kong Government News website. This article describes how "[t]he Police have appealed to citizens to express their views in a peaceful and orderly manner when taking part in a public order event in Kowloon."

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Title: Police clarify journalists' statement

URL: https://www.news.gov.hk/eng/2019/07/20190707/20190707_182703_724.html?type=category&name=law_order

Description: This is a new article released from the Hong Kong Government News website. This article describes how "[t]he Police have clarified they have not requested or suggested the Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) to refuse journalists from entering the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link's Hong Kong West Kowloon Station for news coverage."

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Title: Special Committee on the Canada–People’s Republic of China Relationship

URL: https://www.ourcommons.ca/Committees/en/CACN/

Description: This page from the Canadian House of Commons website shows photos and information of the Special Committee on the Canada–People’s Republic of China Relationship.

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Title: Special Committee on the Canada–People’s Republic of China Relationship

URL: https://www.ourcommons.ca/Committees/en/CACN/

Description: This page from the Canadian House of Commons website shows photos and information of the Special Committee on the Canada–People’s Republic of China Relationship.

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Title: CANZUK leaders to request Special Envoy for Hong Kong

URL: https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/foreign-affairs-committee/news-parliament-2017/chair-writes-to-un-chairs-comments-19-21/

Description: This page from the United Kingdom Parliament website states how "[t]he Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Tom Tugendhat MP ... joined his counterparts from Australia, Canada and New Zealand in writing to the United Nations and each country’s Prime Minister, to express their concerns over a planned security law for Hong Kong which would make it a crime to undermine the Chinese Government's authority."

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Title: Extradition Treaty with Hong Kong

URL: https://www.pm.gov.au/media/extradition-treaty-hong-kong/

Description: This page from the Prime Minister of Australia website describes how "[t]he Australian Government remains deeply concerned about China’s imposition of a broad national security law on Hong Kong."

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Title: EU and UK say Hong Kong newspaper raid shows China cracking down on dissent

URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britain-says-china-is-targeting-dissent-with-apple-daily-raid-2021-06-17/

Description: This Reuters article describes how the "EU and UK say Hong Kong newspaper raid shows China cracking down on dissent," in reference to the raids of Apple Daily and Next Media.

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Title: Hong Kong authorities freeze nearly HK$500 million in assets belonging to media tycoon Jimmy Lai

URL: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3133541/hong-kongs-national-security-police-freeze-nearly/

Description: Stand News was a free non-profit online news website based in Hong Kong from 2014 to 2021. It primarily focused on social and political issues in Hong Kong. This article describes how Hong Kong authorities freeze nearly HK$500 million of media tycoon Jimmy Lai's assets.

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Title: Joint Statement on the Erosion of Rights in Hong Kong

URL: https://www.state.gov/joint-statement-on-the-erosion-of-rights-in-hong-kong/

Description: This is a joint statement from "the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, and the United States Secretary of State" in expression of concern "by the Hong Kong government’s unjust disqualification of candidates and disproportionate postponement of Legislative Council elections. These moves have undermined the democratic process that has been fundamental to Hong Kong’s stability and prosperity."

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Title: In Hong Kong’s upheaval, China vows harsh consequences for companies siding with protesters

URL: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-business-as-usual-in-hong-kongs-upheaval-china-vows-harsh/

Description: This article describes the implications of the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill protests on pro-democratic "executives, pilots and union leaders," including loss of jobs. Pro-democracy demonstrators have also been condemned in their workplaces, such as the global accounting firms in Hong Kong.

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Title: Hong Kong: 1.7m people defy police to march in pouring rain

URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/18/hong-kong-huge-rally-china-condemns-us-gross-interference/

Description: This article describes how in August 2019, pro-democracy demonstrators marched in protest against the Extradition Law Amendment Bill against police orders.

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Title: ‘Painful farewell’: Hongkongers queue for hours to buy final Apple Daily edition

URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/24/hong-kong-apple-daily-queue-final-edition-newspaper/

Description: This article describes how Hong Kong citizens lined up for hours to buy the final Apple Daily edition as authorities accused the agency "of national security offences."

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Title: Statement by President Joe Biden on Hong Kong’s Apple Daily

URL: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/24/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-hong-kongs-apple-daily/

Description: This is a statement from United States President Joe Biden on the closure of Hong Kong's Apple Daily. He expresses that "[t]hrough arrests, threats, and forcing through a National Security Law that penalizes free speech, Beijing has insisted on wielding its power to suppress independent media and silence dissenting views."

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