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Opponents of the controversial extradition bill that sparked mass protests in Hong Kong have called for the city’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam to scrap the bill entirely and resign, after she announced the proposed legislation would be suspended indefinitely […]

UPDATE: June 16, 11:28 p.m. HKT Organizers of the protest said that nearly 2 million Hong Kongers turned out for the protest on June 16. The Civil Human Rights Front said the march has come to […]

Update: June 15, 7:50 EDT In a press conference held in response to Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s decision to postpone the extradition bill, pan-democratic group Civil Human Rights Front condemned Lam for refusing to completely withdraw the […]

The chief executive of Telegram, a popular messaging app that offers encryption services, said on June 13 that the company experienced a massive hack originating from China. The cyber attacks coincided with large-scale protests in Hong Kong against a […]

Update: June 14, 4:05 a.m. EDT The pressure is mounting for Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to scrap the controversial extradition bill, also known as the Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation Bill 2019. In a joint statement, 22 […]

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators have issued a statement supporting Hong Kong protestors. Together, senators released a joint statement voicing their support for the millions of citizens protesting against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Hong Kong. The […]

Update: June 14, 12:17 p.m. EDT After originally canceling two planned legislative debates on the contentious extradition bill, the Hong Kong Legislative Council (LegCo) has since changed their status to “to be decided,”  according to a […]

According to an exclusive report from South China Morning Post, there have now been two arrests confirmed from the June 12 protests for rioting. The individuals were arrested at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kowloon where they had […]

A senior official at Chinese telecom giant Huawei recently admitted to having links to a top Chinese espionage agency during a U.K. parliamentary hearing. John Suffolk, vice president of Huawei and the company’s global cyber security officer, told U.K. […]