‘The View’ Co-Host Confronts Walz On False Claims About Being In Hong Kong During Tiananmen Square Protests
“The View” co-host Alyssa Farrar Griffin on Monday confronted Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz about his past claims that he was in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen massacre. I objected. Mr. Walz has falsely claimed several times that he was in Hong Kong during the spring 1989 pro-democracy protests in […]
Chinese Stocks Soar More Than 8% in Hong Kong on Stimulus Bets – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — Chinese stocks listed in Hong Kong rose by the most in nearly two years, as traders returned from the holidays, fueling stimulus-fueled euphoria. Most Read Articles on Bloomberg The Hang Seng China Enterprises (^HSCE) index rose by up to 8.5%, extending its winning streak to 13 consecutive days. Real estate developers led the […]
Tim Walz Lied About Being in Hong Kong During Tiananmen Square Massacre
During a 2014 Congressional hearing, then-Rep. Tim Walz (D-Minnesota) boasted that he was in Hong Kong at the time of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. There’s just one problem… He wasn't. He was in Nebraska at the time. Here he (once again) brags about things that aren't true. When I was young, I was in […]
China Convicts Hong Kong Man of ‘Sedition’ for Wearing T-Shirt
The man, 27-year-old Chu Kai-pong, pleaded guilty to “sedition” in a Hong Kong court on Monday because he was wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan on it. Chu is the first person to be convicted under China's new national security law, which was imposed on Hong Kong in March. Chu's crime was wearing a […]
Chinese Stocks in Hong Kong Swing to Gain as Stimulus Calls Grow – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — An index of Hong Kong-listed Chinese stocks edged higher in choppy trading as investors debated whether weak macroeconomic data would prompt the government to step up stimulus efforts. Most read articles on Bloomberg The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index closed up 0.3% after dropping as much as 1.3% earlier. Property stocks were the […]
Hong Kong: first conviction under new national security law for wearing ‘seditious’ T-shirt | Hong Kong
A Hong Kong man has pleaded guilty to sedition for wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan, becoming the first person to be convicted under Hong Kong's new national security law passed in March. Choo Kaipong, 27, pleaded guilty to one charge of “acting with seditious intent.” Under the new national security law, the maximum […]
China Convicts Journalists Over ‘Illegal Ideologies’ In Landmark Hong Kong Case
A Hong Kong court on Thursday found two journalists guilty of sedition for their coverage of China's pro-democracy protests, sparking international condemnation, the Associated Press reported. According to the Associated Press, StandNews' former editors-in-chief Cheong Pui-keun and Patrick Lam could face up to two years in prison for publishing articles written by pro-democracy activists and […]
Conviction of Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai ‘unjust’, says Chris Patten | Jimmy Lai
Hong Kong’s former governor, Chris Patten, has denounced as “unjust” the city’s highest court’s decision to uphold the convictions of Jimmy Lai and other prominent pro-democracy activists for taking part in peaceful protests in 2019. Hong Kong’s appeals court on Monday unanimously agreed to uphold the convictions of seven activists who took part in unauthorized […]
Hong Kong court rejects Jimmy Lai appeal against conviction over 2019 pro-democracy protest | Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s highest court on Monday unanimously rejected a petition to overturn the convictions of media tycoon Jimmy Lai and six other pro-democracy activists for holding an unauthorised assembly in 2019. Lai, 76, founder of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, and six others, including veteran democracy activist Martin Li, were convicted in August 2019 of […]
Hong Kong legislator eyes Bitcoin for fiscal reserves – Cointelegraph
Hong Kong Legislative Council Member Johnny Ng has announced plans to work with various stakeholders to assess the feasibility and potential benefits of incorporating Bitcoin into the special administrative region’s financial reserves. In a recent X post, Ng highlighted the growing global recognition of Bitcoin (BTC), which is often referred to as “digital gold” due […]