Blowing whistles and chanting “NSA Has No Say,” protesters took to the streets in Hong Kong on Saturday afternoon in support of Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who has been staying in the city since …
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The 5 Places in Hong Kong Snowden Should Hide In
As Prism leaker Edward Snowden has discovered to his cost, a well-known Hong Kong hotel like the Mira is no place to go to ground. So where would a young white American whistle-blower really go in this city, if he wanted to …
Beijing Reacts to Snowden Claims U.S. Hacked ‘Hundreds’ of Chinese Targets
The state-backed Chinese press enjoyed a moment of schadenfreude over Snowden’s allegations that the U.S. government has infiltrated Chinese electronic targets.
Snowden in Hong Kong: The Legal Complications of ‘One Country, Two Systems’
An arrest warrant for Edward Snowden is very likely on the way, bringing what looks to be a complex legal tussle to the courts of Hong Kong. The city of about 7 million is a Special Administrative Region, or SAR, of China, but …
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At Chinese Congress, Delegates Talk Toxic Milk Powder
As National People’s Congress gets under way in Beijing, milk powder is emerging as a key point of contention between mainland China and Hong Kong
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Ireland’s Prime Minister has issued an apology to thousands of women who were forced to endure virtual slave labor in Catholic-run workhouses, a fast and inexpensive test to find leprosy before the damage becomes lasting is …
Mainland Chinese Traders Milking Hong Kong for All Its Worth
Tensions between Hong Kong people and their mainland Chinese compatriots have deteriorated further — and this time, it’s not over politics, clashing cultural attitudes or northern carpetbaggers driving up Hong Kong property …
Pollution and Housing Top Agenda for Hong Kong’s Embattled Leader
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying used his debut policy address Wednesday to announce plans to tackle air pollution and a chronic shortage of affordable housing
Blood Ivory: Hong Kong Fights a Losing Battle Against Smugglers
China’s demand for elephant ivory, which is still widely seen as a status symbol on the mainland, has transformed the port city of Hong Kong into a major transit point for illegal trade
Hong Kong Ferry Disaster: A City on the Sea Mourns the Drowned
Three days of mourning have been declared, and crew members and both captains have been arrested, for a collision that claimed 38 lives
Why Hong Kong Wants Nothing to Do with ‘Patriotism’ for Now
The Hong Kong government has backed down from its plan to implement “moral and national education” in public schools, in what is being construed as a major victory for civil society in the semiautonomous Chinese territory