Hong Kong is marking 25 years since the Handover from Britain to China, as Chinese leader Xi Jinping inaugurates John Lee as the city’s next chief executive.
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“To manage a politically and economically divided Hong Kong, authorities must deliver on people’s expectations and be seen to do so,” writes John Burns. “We don’t need propaganda about Xi’s speech, we need specific and concrete action.”
The Hong Kong returnees who want to leave again
“I always say ‘home is wherever I feel safe.’ Of course it is hard to let go. It is a bitter feeling… We have put so much time to help build Hong Kong, but now we are being uprooted – my career, my family, my friends,” said Pauline Choy, a Hongkonger who has gained Australian citizenship.
Disclosing media invite list for July 1 leadership inauguration ‘would harm Hong Kong’s security,’ gov’t claims
The government rejected an HKFP Access to Information request after it effectively barred several registered outlets from covering the leadership inauguration, and rejected journalist applications from a multitude of other newsrooms.
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COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS
Hong Kong 25: One Country, Two Systems saved the city in times of crisis and remains a cornerstone of prosperity
“I firmly believe that there are no limits to the opportunities available under the Two Systems as long as we acknowledge and accept the reality of One Country,” writes Adrian Ho.
Hong Kong’s mystery guest sparks some bizarre behaviour as Handover anniversary nears
“Normal government has been disrupted, police leave cancelled and so on. If after this huge fuss we are visited only by a few bigwigs of whom most of us know nothing, there is going to be disappointment,” writes Tim Hamlett.
White Papers, fact sheets and colour revolutions: Beijing’s new narrative to justify Hong Kong’s national security regime
The “tea table gossip about bought-and-paid-for protesters has become the official narrative,” writes Suzanne Pepper. “Hong Kong’s democracy movement has been reduced to just another case of American meddling in other people’s politics.”
Is ‘terrorism’ a real threat to Hong Kong?
“The more oppressive and authoritarian the Hong Kong government becomes, the more likely it is that such an event will occur,” writes Kent Ewing.
features and explainers
Hong Kong 25: Gov’t advisor and ‘democrat at heart’ Ronny Tong says political reform still possible
In an interview with HKFP, Ronny Tong said that “a new crop” of opposition leaders who respect and accept Chinese sovereignty of Hong Kong was needed to “take political reform one step further.”
Interview: Kiwi Chow sees his Cannes protest doc as an ’emotional vent’ for Hongkongers
“With art, you need to take risks, you need freedom and justice,” says Chow.
two years of hong kong’s national security law
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