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  According to the platform of this new Bauhinia Party, it seeks to promote a “democratic” political system suitable for Hong Kong on the basis of the rule of law and civil liberties “with the realization of universal suffrage as guaranteed by the Basic Law.” The party seeks to have another 50 years of “one country, two systems” in Hong Kong after 2047, including the realization of the principles of “loving China and Hon Kong,” protecting the rule of law, and promoting a bicameral system in which the lower house would be composed of directly elected members and an upper house comprising members appointed by the Chief Executive. The party also supports public-public partnership in financing the Lantau Tomorrow Vision, while aiming at recruiting as many as 250,000 members in the society of Hong Kong. As a political party, it will naturally nominate and support candidates for the Legislative Council and Chief Executive elections in the future.  From an objective perspective, the ...

mai23 Hong Kong’s government has passed a law that allows authorities to ban foreign lawyers from working on national security cases, completing a months-long effort to block a UK lawyer from defending media mogul and activist Jimmy Lai. The amendment, which was passed unanimously by the Legislative Council on Thursday, gives the chief executive the power to veto any foreign lawyer from working on cases brought under the 2020 National Security Law (NSL). Lai, the founder of now defunct Apple Daily newspaper and   a high profile pro-democracy figure , was first arrested in August 2020. He has since been charged with foreign collusion under the sweeping NSL, after calling for sanctions against Hong Kong and China over their crackdown on the pro-democracy movement. If convicted he could face life in prison. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/11/hong-kong-passes-law-to-limit-work-of-foreign-lawyers-amid-ongoing-jimmy-lai-case ab23 Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced Mo...

abr22 The Final Blow to Hong Kong The city deftly connected China and the world for decades. That historic balancing act won’t be revived. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2022/04/hong-kong-uk-judges-resignation-democracy-risk/629494/  jan21 Os eurodeputados aprovaram por maioria, quinta-feira, uma resolução que condena a repressão contra ativistas pró-democraciade Hong Kongestimando que o recente acordo entre aChina e a UniãoEuropeia sobre investimentos pode colocar em causa a credibilidade da Europa em matéria de Direitos Humanos. https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/mundo/1671951/pequim-considera-resolucao-da-ue-sobre-hong-kong-ingerencia-flagrante nov20 Tóquio embarca em difícil missão de destronar Hong Kong como centro financeiro https://www.istoedinheiro.com.br/toquio-embarca-em-dificil-missao-de-destronar-hong-kong-como-centro-financeiro/ out20 Yet looking at how demonstrators in places from Minsk to Minneapolis and from Beirut to Bangkok are now pressing their...

out20 Fearing the loss of Hong Kong to a separatist movement fuelled by foreign interference, China is determined to act tough even if it risks alienating the man in the street.  Hong Kong must secure both Beijing’s trust and international confidence, while China’s leaders need to figure out Hong Kong’s value to the nation  https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3105134/how-hong-kong-and-beijing-can-pick-pieces-after-months-tumult 

ab23 De acordo com os jornais de Hong Kong, Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan, Secretária da Administração Pública de Hong Kong, respondeu recentemente a questões relacionadas com a demissão de funcionários públicos, durante a sessão do Comité de Finanças do Conselho Legislativo. Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan declarou que estas demissões eram “normais dentro de uma situação irregular e que toda a Hong Kong está a viver um período anormal”. Admiro a coragem que Mrs. Yeung precisou de ter para dizer a verdade. Mas se a situação anormal não for resolvida, mesmo que o processo de recrutamento de funcionários públicos seja acelerado, ou se for seguido o exemplo da Polícia de Hong Kong, que flexibilizou os requisitos de admissão dos novos recrutas, mesmo assim não se resolve o problema da saída de Hong Kong de pessoal altamente especializado. Desde a implementação da Lei de Segurança Nacional para Hong Kong em Junho de 2020, a frase “do caos à ordem, da estabilidade à prosperidade” tornou-se um jargão polít...

ago20 Will Beijing succeed in ‘Singapore-ising’ Hong Kong? Beijing appears to want to cultivate an authoritarian government in Hong Kong while maintaining the city’s status as an international financial centre. While Hong Kong does share some similarities with Singapore, the differences are crucial https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3098304/will-beijing-succeed-singapore-ising-hong-kong

jan22 O número de cidadãos de Hong Kong que se mudaram para Taiwan atingiu um novo recorde em 2021, no meio da crescente tomada do poder pela China na antiga colónia britânica, indicam números oficiais divulgados em Taipé. De acordo com a agência de imigração de Taiwan, o número de habitantes de Hong Kong que obtiveram autorizações de residência na ilha atingiu quase 13.000 em 2021. https://www.jm-madeira.pt/internacional/ver/157251/Taiwan_regista_recorde_de_pedidos_de_residencia_de_cidadaos_de_Hong_Kong_em_2021 jan22 Hong Kong has seen a mass exodus following the anti-extradition bill protests in 2019 and the implementation of the sweeping national legislation in June 2020. The city is once again seeing scenes like those in the years leading up to the Handover, with people packing up and starting a new life in a foreign country. https://hongkongfp.com/2022/01/16/explainer-how-to-measure-hong-kongs-mass-exodus/ ~ nov21 Australia will introduce two permanent residence visas for Hong...