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Opinion | End of the road for Hong Kong’s democracy movement? There’s still hope

3 days ago03 mins

Hong Kong’s Democratic Party has announced what many people had been expecting for some time – that it would disband. For the party, this is the beginning of the end; for others, the question lingers: is this also the end of the democratic movement in Hong Kong? One thing is certain: the party’s demise will…

‘Despicable’: Hong Kong slams Western ‘smears’ as US calls for Jimmy Lai’s release

4 days ago02 mins

A political row over former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has intensified after his guilty verdict, with the Hong Kong government condemning what it called “despicable political manipulations” and the United States calling for his release. The clash overnight followed Monday’s guilty verdict against the 78-year-old founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper. Lai was…