Books about the Tiananmen Square crackdown have become increasingly scarce in Hong Kong’s independent bookstores, with sellers citing widespread self-censorship fuelled by legal uncertainties surrounding the sale of politically sensitive titles under the national security laws. The disappearance of the books and the loss of the annual June 4 candlelight vigil in Victoria Park, combined…
Was ‘Japan being racist towards China?’ – this thought has been plaguing the minds of many Reddit users after one of Japan’s most esteemed academic institutions, Tokyo University, was under the scanner for allegedly embedding ‘Tiananmen’ keyword in the source code of its graduate admissions webpage. The phrase reportedly restricted access for users in China….
Pong Nan Yik-Pong, a Hong Kong singer who previously supported the 2019 protests, has said the West Kowloon Cultural District cancelled his shows in January. He revealed the news in a joint social media announcement with Sunchase Productions on Friday, but did not specify whether the city’s premier arts hub had offered an explanation for…