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Hong Kong pushes ahead with ‘Article 23’ security law

Mar 7, 2024 | rfa.org | Alice Yam |Gao Feng

Hong Kong's government announced on Thursday it will push ahead with stringent new security legislation known as "Article 23," aiming to pass it as soon as possible -- a process that could still take weeks. "[Hong Kong] has to enact the Basic Law Article 23 legislation as soon as possible – the earlier the better," the city's leader John Lee said on Thursday.
Wife of jailed free speech activist Wang Aizhong on 'no fly' list

Feb 26, 2024 | rfa.org | Gao Feng

Wang Henan, the wife of jailed press freedom activist Wang Aizhong, says her employer is trying to get her to quit her job due to her husband's status as a political prisoner, and has barred her from working further shifts as a flight attendant. She says the move means she is effectively being punished by association with her husband, a tactic that is commonly used by the authorities as a retaliatory measure against dissidents and peaceful critics of the regime.
Live from Kashgar! See the Uyghurs sing and dance

Feb 14, 2024 | rfa.org | Gulchehra Hoja |Gao Feng

For the first time, China’s state broadcaster filmed a portion of its must-watch Lunar New Year TV gala live from the far-western region of Xinjiang, featuring a famous Uyghur actress and dozens of dancers performing a medley of songs.
New Amazon TV Series Filmed in Hong Kong but Unavailable There

Feb 5, 2024 | international.thenewslens.com | Gao Feng

What you need to know Hong Kong residents are unable to watch the Amazon Prime Video series "Expats," which focuses on the city and includes scenes of the 2014 Umbrella Movement protests. By Gao FengHONG KONG — Frustrated Hong Kong residents say they have been unable to watch the online TV series Expats, starring Hollywood star Nicole Kidman, which was launched globally on Amazon Prime Video late last week and focuses on the former British colony.
New Amazon TV Series Filmed in Hong Kong but Unavailable There

Feb 3, 2024 | voanews.com | Gao Feng

Frustrated Hong Kong residents say they have been unable to watch the online TV series Expats, starring Hollywood star Nicole Kidman, which was launched globally on Amazon Prime Video late last week and focuses on the former British colony. The six-part show, directed by Chinese-born American filmmaker Lulu Wang, is based on a novel by Korean American author Janice Y. K. Lee. The plot revolves around the lives of three women in Hong Kong in 2014, and the scenes include numerous Hong Kong elements.
Tiananmen massacre victim Qi Zhiyong dies of illness in Beijing

Jan 22, 2024 | rfa.org | Gao Feng

Chinese pro-democracy campaigner Qi Zhiyong, whose legs were amputated after he was shot during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, has died after a lifetime of disability, sickness and activism, fellow activists told Radio Free Asia. He was 67. Qi was taken to a Beijing hospital after being taken ill during a family meal "some time ago," fellow dissident Jiang Lijun said.
Chinese police hold dissident who pledged allegiance to Taiwan

Jan 18, 2024 | rfa.org | Gao Feng

A dissident writer from the southwestern Chinese megacity of Chongqing, who pledged allegiance to the 1911 Republic of China government in Taiwan in protest at local police, was recently detained for 15 days in a local detention center, Radio Free Asia has learned.
Online pastor in China's Dalian gets 14 years for 'superstition'

Jan 16, 2024 | rfa.org | Gao Feng

A court in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian has jailed a prominent online Protestant pastor for 14 years after finding him and five church members guilty of "using superstition to undermine the law," Radio Free Asia has learned. Dalian's Ganjingzi District People's Court found Kan Xiaoyong, his wife Wang Fengying and church members Chu Xinyu, Zhao Qianjiao, Zhang Songai and Liang Dongzhi guilty of the charge on Jan.
Rights activist Li Qiaochu stands trial in Shandong for subversion

Dec 21, 2023 | rfa.org | Gao Feng

Feminist labor rights activist Li Qiaochu's secret trial for "incitement to subvert state power" has been suspended after the authorities fired her defense team, according to a rights group and a fellow activist's wife. Li was detained in 2021 after posting to social media the details of torture allegations by her partner, the jailed rights activist Xu Zhiyong, and by fellow jailed rights lawyer Ding Jiaxi.
Calls grow for release of man 'tortured' for doxxing Xi's daughter

Dec 12, 2023 | rfa.org | Gao Feng

Hundreds of Chinese activists overseas have called for the release of Niu Tengyu, jailed for allegedly posting a photo of the daughter of ruling Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping, who they say has been 'tortured to the point of mental disorder.' Niu, who is currently serving a 14-year jail term for alleged involvement in the doxxing of Xi's daughter Xi Mingze, has been tortured during his detention, according to his family, while his case was taken up by the Congressional-Executive...