New measures also apply to gaming centers, market stalls, and even funeral parlors.
Gladys Kwok
“Reversed Front: Bonfire” in Hong Kong: Play a Mobile Game, Go to Jail
Why is the CCP so fearful of what is, after all, just a humorous game about the conflict between China and “separatists”?
Hong Kong, Independent Media Targeted by Abusive Tax Audits
Repression through taxes is a time-honored strategy of totalitarian regimes. The Hong Kong Journalists Association protests.
Musical “Patriotic Education” in Hong Kong
If regular CCP propaganda does not work with Hongkongers, the Party believes that perhaps karaoke would for adults—and cartoons for children.
Hong Kong: Pro-Democracy Singer Denise Ho Harassed Again
She is no longer able to book any public performance venue. A live-streamed concert in a private one was interrupted by the police citing the Noise Control Ordinance.
Hong Kong: Why We Should Stand with Gregory Wong
Do not believe the Chinese media (or Wikipedia). The popular actor has been sentenced to a long jail term because he is pro-democracy, not because he is violent.
“Article 23”: The Secret of Confession Under Attack in Hong Kong
The proposed new Security Law will compel priests and pastors to disclose information about “treason” learned in confession.
No Horse Racing, Please, We’re Chinese: The End of a Venerable Tradition in Macau
The government closed horse racing activities as they “do not correspond to the developmental needs of society”—nor to Xi Jinping’s new “red” moralism.
China’s Strange Battle Against Buddhists Releasing Mineral Water into Rivers
Believers have released fish for making merit for centuries. The CCP is now campaigning against the alleged release of mineral water. Why?
Hong-Kong-Style National Security Law Comes to Macau
Macau seemed quiet. But now the CCP has decided that it is at risk of “foreign infiltrations,” and needs a security law as tough as in Hong Kong.
Gladys Kwok
Uses a pseudonym for security reasons.