The European Union has voiced concerns over what it sees as a diminishing space for civil society in Hong Kong after a once-powerful opposition party announced it might disband, with France also warning over the need for checks and balances. The representatives weighed in on Saturday, two days after the leadership of the Democratic Party,…
The European Union has voiced concerns over what it sees as a diminishing space for civil society in Hong Kong after a once-powerful opposition party announced it might disband, with France also warning over the need for checks and balances. The representatives weighed in on Saturday, two days after the leadership of the Democratic Party,…
Beijing has sharply rebuked the West over its condemnation of the jailing of former Hong Kong legal academic Benny Tai Yiu-ting and other opposition activists for subversion, slamming foreign powers for applying “hypocritical double standards” and painting the criminals as advocates for democracy. The State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO) said in…