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Image by Tom Grundy / HKFP. Used with permission. International press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) issued 10 facts about Hong Kong’s repressive media environment last month in response to a Chinese government spokesperson’s claim that the city’s press freedom is “fully protected.” The Chinese statement came after an RSF representative was denied entry into Hong Kong. To commemorate World Press Freedom Day on May 3, we're unpacking the 10 facts with added local context. Journalists imprisoned in Hong KongTen journalists and press freedom defenders are currently jailed in Hon...
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Public domain image via Karen Arnold from publicdomainpictures.net. Free to use After mainland Chinese official media outlets started calling 2024 “the Year of Loong” instead of the Year of the Dragon, the word “loong” and its homophones have become a popular meme among Hongkongers on social media, representing the government's shift toward nationalistic policies and language. The Year of “Loong”This year, major Chinese state-affiliated media outlets have abandoned the term “dragon” and adopted the word “loong”, an uncommonly used transliteration of the Chinese word 龍 (dragon in English), to r...
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UAE singer Alira. Screenshot from GMA Pinoy TV‘s YouTube Channel. Fair Use Hong Kong has been drawn into a messy situation worthy of a K-drama involving a mysterious Dubai Prince, Sheikh Ali Rashed Ali Saeed Al Maktoum, his USD 500 million investment in the city, and officials’ failure to do due diligence in ascertaining who seeks to invest in Hong Kong. The Sheikh, presented as a Dubai Prince, emerged as a celebrity in Hong Kong in December 2023 upon signing a business partnership MoU with the Hong Kong Middle East Business Chamber. Only recently, Hongkongers found out that outside the city, ...
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Radio Free Asia’s report on the Article 23 legislation in Hong Kong on March 13, 2024. Photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. Used with permission. This report was written by Kelly Ho and originally published in Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) on March 14, 2024. An edited version is published below as part of a content partnership agreement with HKFP. US funded-news outlet Radio Free Asia (RFA), which had been accused of being “anti-China” by Beijing-backed newspapers, is set to withdraw from Hong Kong, according to local media reports. HK01 and the South China Morning Post, among others, reported on March 13 that...
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Ingat, an anthology by domestic workers in Hong Kong. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Used with permission. This report was written by Hillary Leung and originally published in Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) on March 9, 2024. An edited version is published below as part of a content partnership agreement with HKFP. Maria Editha Garma-Respicio fondly recalls her teenage years writing for her school newspaper, reading in the library and penning poems about love. Growing up in Tuguegarao, a city in the northern Philippines, she sought solace in the written word when all else seemed to be falling apart. “I wro...
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Kenneth Lau told the press about Che Kung's oracle of the Dragon Year. Image frominmediahk.net. CC: NC-AT. With the start of the Lunar New Year, the year of Dragon began on February 10, 2024. In Hong Kong, it is customary for a leader of the local rural community to visit the temple of the local deity, Che Kung, to inquire about Hong Kong’s fortunes in the year ahead. Typically, this prediction will become a hot topic on social media. For seven consecutive years since 2018, the city has obtained a rather gloomy prophecy. This year's prediction was no different, and some interpreters refrained ...
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Josephine Chow moved to the UK with her parents in early 2022. She opened a factory producing Chinese cured meat in Birmingham. Photo: Ring Yu/HKFP. This report was written by Irene Chan and originally published in Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) on February 10, 2024. An edited version is published below as part of a content partnership agreement with HKFP. After more than three years in Britain, Hongkonger Charlotte Wong, her husband William Kan and their two children are adapting to the changes in lifestyle. Before leaving the city in the summer of 2020, they rarely cooked. “We were busy with wo...
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