Leung Wins Hong Kong Election
Leung Chun-ying has won the election for Hong Kong’s Chief Executive following a campaign marked by scandals and protests. Only 1,193 representatives from various sectors of society are entitled to...
View ArticleDirectives from the Ministry of Truth: Olympics and More
The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by various central (and sometimes local) government authorities, have been leaked and distributed...
View ArticleFactionalism Reflects Deep Tensions in Hong Kong
Mark C. Eades at The Jamestown Foundation reports that tensions between Mainland China and Hong Kong are “higher than ever” nearly seventeen years after the British handover: This state of affairs has...
View ArticleFormer Ming Pao Editor Brutally Attacked [Updated]
In what police sources have referred to as a “classic triad hit… designed to send a warning,” Kevin Lau, former editor of trusted Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao, was attacked by knife-wielding...
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Minitrue: CY Leung Disagrees With the Global Times
The following censorship instruction, issued to the media by government authorities, has been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. All...
View ArticleThis Week on CDT, July 4, 2014
This week on CDT, a collection of “Directives from the Ministry of Truth” and a politician with a piscine nickname: Following the July 1 protest march in Hong Kong that may have attracted as many as...
View ArticleProtesters to CY Leung: “Quit or We Occupy Buildings”
Update (October 2, 9:20 am Pacific Time): As the students’ deadline approached, CY Leung defied protesters’ demands and announced that he would not resign. Beijing also left no room for negotiation....
View ArticleProtest Camps in Hong Kong Come Under Assault
On Friday, violent clashes broke out in two of Hong Kong’s shopping districts after opponents of the week-long democracy protests stormed into demonstrators’ camps, tearing down tents and barricades...
View ArticleC.Y. Leung Deal with Australian Company Probed
Hong Kong Chief Executive C.Y. Leung, whose resignation has been the focus of protesters’ demands over the past week, signed a contract with Australian engineering company UGL that paid him US$6.5...
View ArticleHong Kong Government Scraps Talks With Protesters
Student and Occupy Central protesters have been on the Hong Kong streets for nearly two weeks airing an array of grievances. Foremost among these are calls for the open nomination of candidates for the...
View ArticlePolice Clear Mong Kok as Gov’t Agrees to Talk
After three weeks of street demonstrations, police in lthe Mong Kok neighborhood of Hong Kong cleared out protesters’ camps Friday morning, removing tents and barricades with little resistance from...
View ArticleC.Y. Leung Takes Tough Stance Ahead of Talks with Protesters
Following a weekend of violent clashes between protesters and police in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, and ahead of planned talks with government representatives, some students are vowing to continue their...
View ArticleU.N. Urges China to Allow Free Hong Kong Elections
The ongoing Hong Kong pro-democracy protests have drawn attention from the United Nations. On Thursday, the U.N. Human Rights Committee urged China to reconsider the restrictions on candidate...
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