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Why are Hongkongers waiting so long under Canada’s pathway to residency?

Beijing, Hong Kong slam G7 over criticism of Jimmy Lai trial verdict

How will Jimmy Lai’s conviction affect China-UK ties and Keir Starmer’s planned visit?

Kiwi Chow’s new film Deadline banned in Hong Kong over national security concerns

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National security law: Hong Kong residents, protesters flock to Taiwan, but is it the right destination?

Taiwan has become a destination for a growing number of Hongkongers in recent years. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

epa08373272 Lam Wing Kee, one of the publishers at Hong Kong's Causeway Bay Books which was closed under pressure from China in 2015, talks to a reporter at the Casueway Bay Books in Taipei, Taiwan, 20 April 2020. Lam is one of the five Causeway Bay Books publishers who were kidnapped by Chinese police for selling material critical of China's political elite. Lam fled to Taiwan in 2019 and raised money to reopen Causeway Bay Books so that people can better understand China and ponder the future of Hong Kong and Taiwan. The bookstore will open on 25 April. EPA-EFE/DAVID CHANG

A Hong Kong protester in Taiwan holds a flag to mark the first anniversary of a mass rally in Hong Kong against its now-withdrawn extradition bill at Democracy Square in in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, June 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

People eat lunch at Aegis, a restaurant that offers work opportunities to Hong Kongers seeking asylum in Taipei, Taiwan, May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang

epa08104475 Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen gestures during an election campaign in New Taipei City, Taiwan, 05 January 2020. Tsai, who is from the separatist ruling Democratic Progressive Party, is seeking a second four-year term. Taiwan's China-friendly opposition party Kuomintang (KMT) picked Kaohsiung city Mayor Han Kuo-yu as its candidate in the 2020 presidential election on 11 January 2020. EPA-EFE/RITCHIE B. TONGO

FILE PHOTO: Nan Shan Plaza (L) and Taiwan's landmark building Taipei 101 are pictured through the window of an airplane, in Taipei, Taiwan August 19, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

A growing number of Hongkongers have set their sights on the island in recent years. Many arrive lawfully but others have tried illegal means to get there.


Hong Kong churches and the national security law: pastors censor sermons, online posts as anxiety settles over congregations

Critics of Hong Kong’s national security law have said it lacks clarity and casts a chilling effect on all spheres of society, including the sacred. Illustration: SCMP Graphics

The outlook of Chinese Methodist Church, Methodist House at 36 Hennesy road, Wan Chai. 01SEP19 SCMP / Sun Yeung

Picture of Jayson Tam. Photo: Handout

A worshipper holds a copy of the Bible while attending a church service ahead of Christmas in Hong Kong on December 23, 2018, during which several members of the congregation wore black in support of ëunderground churchesí in mainland China. - This year, underground churches in China, especially larger establishments like the Early Rain Covenant, which has at least 500 church members, have faced increasing pressure. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)

Reverend LO Hing-choi, President of Baptist Convention Hong Kong, photographed in San Po Kong.12SEP20 SCMP/ Xiaomei Chen

Exclusive Interview with Hong Kong SKH (Anglican) Provincial Secretary General: The Reverend Canon Peter Douglas  Koon Ho-ming  at St Johnâs Cathedral in Central. 11SEP17 SCMP / Nora Tam

Some clerics worry the law will affect what they say from the pulpit or in messages to their flocks.


National security law and Hong Kong’s exiled dissidents: the world’s listening now – but for how long?

Illustration: SCMP

Davin Kenneth Wong, President of the Hong Kong University Students' Union; at the Academic Staff Association, HKU Alumni Concern Group and Hong Kong University Students' Union join press conference to appeal for amendments to the statutes of the university. 01JAN19 SCMP/ Jonathan Wong

Zhou Fengsuo, a former student leader of Beijing's democracy movement in 1989, poses for a picture at protest site in Admiralty. 03NOV14

Hong Kong exile pro-democracy activist Nathan Law wearing a face mask holds a rally with other activist groups during China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit in Berlin, Germany September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi

Ray Wong Toi-yeung and Alan Li Tung-sing are seen during an event organised by the German Green Party to mark the 30th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown. 05JUN19 Photo: Cherie Chan

Simon Cheng addresses a crowd protesting outside the Chinese embassy in London on Sunday. 20JAN20 SCMP/ Stuart Lau

Pro-independence activist and founder of the Hongkonger Utilitarian Party Lau Hong leaves the court as the Court of First Instance cleared him of his charge for possessing an imitation firearm. 28AUG19 SCMP/ Chris Lau

For the first time in the city’s history, Hong Kong has dissidents abroad. But who are they, what do they want, and what will they do when the world moves on?


‘I’m ready for jail’: the Hong Kong dissidents who chose to stay and fight

People chant anti-government slogans in Jordan, Hong Kong. Photo: Dickson Lee

Portrait of student activist Isaac Cheng Ka-long at Foo Tak Building in Wan Chai. 24SEP20 SCMP / Nora Tam

Uncertainty, death threats and surveillance. Post-national security law Hong Kong doesn’t sound so welcoming to dissidents. Even so, to some the risks are worth it.


A national security law was imposed on Hong Kong on June 30. In this series, The Post looks at how it is affecting the city 100 days after it was introduced.


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100 days of Hong Kong’s national security law

A national security law was imposed on Hong Kong on June 30. In this series, The Post looks at how it is affecting the city 100 days after it was introduced.

Hong Kong residents, protesters flock to Taiwan, but is it the right destination?

A growing number of Hongkongers have set their sights on the island in recent years. Many arrive lawfully but others have tried illegal means to get there.

As security law takes hold, some priests go quiet as others leave Hong Kong

Some clerics worry the law will affect what they say from the pulpit or in messages to their flocks.

Hong Kong’s exiled dissidents: world’s listening, but for how long?

For the first time in the city’s history, Hong Kong has dissidents abroad. But who are they, what do they want, and what will they do when the world moves on?

‘I’m ready for jail’: the Hong Kong dissidents who chose to stay and fight

Uncertainty, death threats and surveillance. Post-national security law Hong Kong doesn’t sound so welcoming to dissidents. Even so, to some the risks are worth it.