A Hong Kong court has banned the pro-democracy anthem Glory to Hong Kong in a further sign of China’s chilling attack on free speech in the once separate territory. Whilst a court in Hong Kong ...
The Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco) is moving ahead with a second reading of the national anthem bill on Wednesday. The controversial bill would make is illegal to insult ‘March of the ...
“Glory to Hong Kong” was often sung by demonstrators during huge anti-government protests in 2019. The song was later mistakenly played as the city’s anthem at international sporting ...
Hong Kong students should sing the national anthem “with emotion” when schools conduct flag-raising ceremonies, said the city’s education chief. Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk ...
“Glory to Hong Kong” was an anthem of anti-government protests in 2019. YouTube said that it would comply with a removal order and block access to over 32 YouTube videos of the song that were ...
Hong Kong’s soccer fans have been booing the Chinese national anthem for at least two years, an expression of popular discontent with Beijing’s interference in the affairs of the former ...
The Hong Kong Education Bureau has flagged students at two local schools for singing China's national anthem too softly during recent inspections. The inspections targeted the Hong Kong and Macau ...
Glory to Hong Kong has vanished from streaming as authorities prepare to have it banned. The unofficial anthem of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests in 2019 has been removed from streaming ...
In July Hong Kong marked 25 years since the British handover of power to China Google says it does not manipulate its search results amid a row over where Hong Kong's national anthem appears.
Angering the city's government, the song has in recent years been played at several international sporting events, with event organizers mistaking it for the Chinese territory's anthem. Hong Kong is a ...
The attempt fits into a longer tradition of using injunction orders to check free speech – and pressuring the courts to follow political directives.
Then the Chinese national anthem played - even though Hong Kong competes at the Olympics under its own flag, the mainland Chinese anthem is played at medal ceremonies. In response, people in the ...