Toronto Star – “I expected to be older when 2047 came,” is the darkly humorous meme that has circulated among youth in Hong Kong over the last week. Teenagers here have grown up knowing that …
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Hong Kong was supposed to be autonomous from China until 2047. Here’s why that could all change now
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‘We will not be silenced’: Protesters target NBA pre-season game in Vancouver over league’s China controversy
Vancouver (Toronto Star) – “Shut Up! Hong Kong is China!” shouted a man in downtown Vancouver as protesters chanted and hoisted signs, including one that read: “The NBA bowed to totalitarian China. We won’t.” The …
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How businesses in greater Vancouver’s ‘Golden Village’ are handling the unrest in Hong Kong
Vancouver (Toronto Star) – More than 30 years ago, immigrants from East Asia staked out parcels of land in the Vancouver suburb of Richmond. Dominated by farms, a curling rink and car dealerships, the area …
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Exclusive: How Canadians are part of an underground network helping Hong Kong protesters in their struggle against Chinese control
Hong Kong (Toronto Star) – Dark circles ring Abraham Wong’s eyes. The Vancouver realtor’s phone has been on 24 hours a day since early June, when a series of protests against Hong Kong’s controversial extradition …
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Q&A: Crime and the Chinese Dream
Beijing (LA Review of Books) – In southern China, the rural town of Fang pulled itself out of poverty thanks to a simple scam. “Cake uncles” approached bakeries outside their hometown to deliver cakes, then faked the …
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Sinica Podcast: Joanna Chiu On Hong Kong’s Illicit Wildlife Trade
Joanna Chiu of Agence France-Presse joins Kaiser to discuss the illicit wildlife trade in Hong Kong and Guangzhou. Joanna went undercover in the two cities to search for stores that would illegally sell her two items …
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Hong Kong shops defy ban on trade in pangolin scales
Hong Kong (AFP) – On a winding Hong Kong street where shops keep a dizzying array of dried produce, one highly valued ingredient is still being sold despite being subject to an international ban: deep-fried …
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China mulls three years’ jail for anthem disrespect
Beijing (AFP) – Disrespecting China’s national anthem could carry a prison sentence of up to three years under a new draft law amendment, which may also affect Hong Kong and Macau, state media reported Tuesday. …
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Dark days for China’s democracy dream
Beijing/Hong Kong (AFP) – The death of Liu Xiaobo deprives China’s dissident movement of a crucial figurehead at a time when political activism on the mainland is being forced ever deeper underground, and pro-democracy forces …
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Hong Kong’s allure fading in mainland China
Beijing (AFP) – When Naomi Wu was a teenager, she and her friends would ride the train from mainland China to Hong Kong several times a year to shop for clothes and designer handbags. But …
