HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Hong Kong gov’t think tank imagines ‘Elderly Occupy Central’ in 2043 as future risk 12 July 2017 13:59
Opinion • Politics & Protest Zhang’s short ‘Occupy Central’ was like the longer one: Nothing changed 24 May 2016 09:00
HKFP Voices • Travel & Transport Pedestrianising Central? Maybe leave street gatherings to the Occupy kids 25 September 2016 19:50
Community & Education • Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Growing push to limit academic freedom in Hong Kong after Occupy protests, says new UK watchdog report 22 January 2018 20:00
Hong Kong • Law & Crime Retired cop handed 3-month jail term for hitting pedestrian with baton during Occupy 3 January 2018 13:57
Community & Education • Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Outgoing HKU president Peter Mathieson says he has ‘no regrets’ about Occupy visit 21 December 2017 12:15
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest Police association ‘disappointed’ by retired cop Frankly Chu’s Occupy assault conviction 19 December 2017 11:44
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest Mong Kok Umbrella Movement: 4 democracy activists handed suspended sentences over Occupy clearance 28 November 2017 16:19
HKFP Voices • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest After 1,103 days we’re still waiting: Where is CY Leung’s ‘Occupy was a foreign plot’ evidence? 29 October 2017 23:00
Politics & Protest • SinoBeat China activist who voiced support for Hong Kong Occupy movement released after serving 3 year sentence – lawyer 26 October 2017 18:24
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Video: Pussy Riot speaks out in support of jailed Occupy Hong Kong activists 25 September 2017 17:22
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest In translation: The Occupy sentence review – why Hong Kong’s appeal court jailed Joshua Wong, Nathan Law & Alex Chow 18 August 2017 11:44
HKFP Buzz • Politics & Protest • Video Video: ‘First Umbrella’ – the dramatic chain of events which sparked the 2014 pro-democracy Occupy protests 17 August 2017 00:02
HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest ‘Noble motive’: Democracy activist Joshua Wong and 6 others admit contempt during Occupy clearance 6 July 2017 17:00
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest 2014 Occupy protests were the most difficult challenge of my tenure, says Hong Kong chief CY Leung 14 June 2017 18:28
HKFP Features • HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Interviews • Law & Crime Interview: Occupy activist Ken Tsang on the 7 cops who beat him, prison life, and his political future 29 May 2017 09:00
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest Over 760 scholars warn of ‘permanent damage’ to Hong Kong’s reputation from Occupy prosecutions 26 May 2017 13:30
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest Joshua Wong and Hong Kong Occupy activists give up appealing unlawful assembly convictions 12 May 2017 12:19
Law & Crime • Opinion • Politics & Protest The 10 lawmakers facing disqualification: Post-Occupy payback in slow motion 22 April 2017 20:00
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Democratic Party leader apologises, retracts suggestion to pardon Occupy protesters 19 April 2017 12:19
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest ‘Like begging for mercy’: Lawmaker Nathan Law slams suggested Occupy pardons 18 April 2017 16:50
Opinion • Politics & Protest Hong Kong’s Occupy protests as a public nuisance… It took two years to notice this? 5 April 2017 06:33
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest • SinoBeat An ‘absurd verdict’: Jail terms for China activists who voiced support for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Occupy protests 31 March 2017 17:21
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest ‘I was incited by police’: Hongkongers take to social media to support Occupy leaders facing trial 29 March 2017 14:24
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest Hong Kong Occupy leader Benny Tai ‘willing to plead guilty’ as police crack down on pro-democracy figures 28 March 2017 11:01
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest • Travel & Transport Occupy Admiralty? Hundreds of taxis surround legislature in protest of franchise plan 17 March 2017 14:25
HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest Police officers jailed for 2 years for assault against Occupy activist Ken Tsang 17 February 2017 10:00
Hong Kong • Law & Crime Police officers convicted in Occupy assault case ask for ‘mercy’ from court 14 February 2017 18:30
HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest In Pictures: Protesters face off outside courthouse as police officers convicted of assaulting Occupy activist Ken Tsang 14 February 2017 11:18
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Occupy convener Benny Tai accused of manipulating Chief Exec. election with ‘vote trading’ plan 22 December 2016 13:26
HKFP Voices • Politics & Protest Resisting dissolution: The stalemate between Hong Kong civil society and China’s central government 4 December 2016 18:00
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest I would join Occupy too if I were young, says ex-judge and Chief Exec. contender Woo Kwok-hing 28 October 2016 13:17
HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Interviews • Politics & Protest Interview: Occupy co-founder Chan Kin-man recalls dramas behind the scenes of Umbrella protests 2 October 2016 01:00
Environment & Health • HKFP Lens • HKFP Reports • Hong Kong In Pictures: How a car-free Central became a brief reality, 16 years after it was first proposed 25 September 2016 20:49
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest CY Leung meets with British MP who was denied visa to Hong Kong during Occupy protests 22 August 2016 19:05
Politics & Protest • SinoBeat Video: China propaganda video bashing him ‘laughable’, says Occupy leader Joshua Wong 3 August 2016 19:30
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Hong Kong Occupy activists including Joshua Wong guilty of unlawful assembly 21 July 2016 11:28
Hong Kong • Law & Crime Footage showing beating of Occupy activist Ken Tsang accepted by court as evidence 28 June 2016 18:42
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest CY didn’t send in the army during Occupy, says spin doctor in third defence of Chief Exec. in a week 13 May 2016 16:59
Community & Education • HKFP Lens • Politics & Protest HKFP Lens: Johnny Gin’s organic Occupy barricades 16 April 2016 18:00
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Former Occupy movement student leader Nathan Law may run in Legco elections 5 April 2016 13:06
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest Police made over 1,000 Occupy-related arrests, new figures show, as lawmaker suggests harsher punishments 2 March 2016 21:04
Opinion • Politics & Protest How the Occupy protests shaped the District Council elections 28 November 2015 10:00
Hong Kong • Law & Crime Engineer given 120 hours of community service for attacking gov’t website during Occupy 3 November 2015 13:47
Law & Crime • Opinion • Politics & Protest Whatever happened to those opposing the ‘illegal’ Occupy protests? 28 October 2015 18:39
Community & Education • Hong Kong Occupy leader Benny Tai says his ‘love for HKU’ precludes legal challenge to Council penalty 27 October 2015 19:59
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Gov’t inspectors shut down Hong Kong’s ‘Occupy Hotel’ 23 October 2015 19:31
HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Proof of foreign involvement in Occupy protests absent, one year after CY promise to media 21 October 2015 15:07
HKFP Buzz • Politics & Protest • Video Video: ‘The students are innocent!’ – dramatic new documentary charts the birth of Occupy 6 October 2015 17:30
HKFP Voices • Politics & Protest One year after Occupy, political alienation of the young still the major challenge for democrats 2 October 2015 08:30
Community & Education • Hong Kong • Politics & Protest State-run Global Times slams ‘Occupy ringleader’ Johannes Chan over HKU appointment row 30 September 2015 12:33
HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Interviews Interview: Occupy was ‘a protester’s dream’ but not good for Hong Kong – Allan Zeman 28 September 2015 12:20
HKFP Buzz • Video Video: Revealing new documentary charts the storming of Civic Square – the moment that sparked Occupy 27 September 2015 12:19
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Pro-democracy Mong Kok protesters march back to Admiralty for Occupy commemoration 27 September 2015 11:11
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Complaint against doctor who assisted injured during Occupy thrown out 25 September 2015 11:01
Arts, Lifestyle & Events • Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Italian artist donates Occupy paintings to university 24 September 2015 15:39
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Young Occupy protesters slept on the streets as it was better than living in subdivided flats, Regina Ip says 23 September 2015 15:34
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Ahead of Occupy anniversary, confidence in Hong Kong’s future hits post-SARS low 23 September 2015 14:18
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Anti-Occupy leader warns that student activists may die ‘like Osama bin Laden’ 22 September 2015 16:13
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Occupy co-founder Benny Tai says he regrets not ending protests sooner 18 September 2015 11:49
HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Fewer pan-dems to run in this year’s district council elections as post-Occupy groups join race 18 September 2015 11:28
HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Politics & Protest New ‘Occupy’ G.O.D. T-shirt says ‘I did it on Harcourt Road’ 15 September 2015 17:11
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Public don’t want another Occupy, says Police chief 14 September 2015 12:53
HKFP Features • HKFP Reports • Interviews • Politics & Protest Paul Zimmerman on the TST waterfront, car-free Central and making Hong Kong a better place to live 9 September 2015 10:28
HKFP Lens • Politics & Protest HKFP Lens: Remnants of pro-democracy Occupy protests remain as one-year anniversary approaches 6 September 2015 21:00
Hong Kong • Law & Crime Occupy trio deny charges of unlawful assembly and released on bail 2 September 2015 14:04
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Gov’t fortifies Civic Square ahead of Occupy anniversary 1 September 2015 12:57
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Occupy trio report to police for ‘arrest by appointment’ 27 August 2015 12:18
Community & Education • Hong Kong Consultancy suggests cancelling tram route from Central to Admiralty 17 August 2015 12:34
Hong Kong • Law & Crime Occupy protester not allowed to use CY Leung’s blog as evidence in court 13 August 2015 13:07
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Pro-gov’t group mocks Occupy protesters amid boos at pro-police rally 3 August 2015 13:08
HKFP Lens HKFP Lens: Stunning images reveal an eerily beautiful Central, devoid of people and traffic 21 July 2015 12:00
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest Occupy volunteer gets 10-month sentence as magistrate considers ‘police force’s morale’ 17 July 2015 14:05
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Community service for artist who threatened to jump from bridge during Occupy 14 July 2015 15:44
Law & Crime • Politics & Protest • SinoBeat Chinese journalist detained for reporting Occupy released 10 July 2015 14:01
Community & Education • Hong Kong HKU governing council delays decision on Occupy funds row 24 June 2015 13:30
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Tents cleared from Tim Mei Village, Occupy’s last stand 24 June 2015 13:00
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest HKU council to vote on donations to Occupy leader Benny Tai 17 June 2015 09:16
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Chinese president’s umbrella becomes Occupy’s favorite meme 24 October 2014 09:42
Law & Crime • Opinion • Politics & Protest As Hong Kong’s crackdown on dissent continues, is independence the secret dream in many hearts? 16 April 2018 23:45
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Video: Pro-Beijing protesters condemn HKU academic Benny Tai over independence remarks 13 April 2018 18:31
HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Interviews • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest Interview: Labelled a ‘threat to China,’ Hong Kong law scholar Benny Tai says Beijing is trying to brainwash Hongkongers 12 April 2018 23:41
Business • Opinion • Politics & Protest Hong Kong deserves a system of public finance founded on 21st century values 17 March 2018 10:30
Law & Crime • Opinion Punishment, deterrence and the Joshua Wong case: How the Hong Kong gov’t turned defeat into victory 17 February 2018 12:00
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest ‘Political interference’: Hong Kong’s top leaders express ‘regret’ over Umbrella Movement’s Nobel Peace Prize nomination 5 February 2018 12:21
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Hong Kong’s fall from top of Human Freedom Index may indicate China’s encroachment, think tanks say 28 January 2018 09:00
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest New People’s Party’s Judy Chan enters Hong Kong Island legislative by-election race 15 January 2018 15:00
Opinion • Politics & Protest A January of discontent: Hong Kong’s crackdown on pro-democracy activists gathers pace 7 January 2018 16:00
HKFP Features • HKFP Reports • Interviews • Politics & Protest Interview: Veteran ‘post-80s’ activist Yip Po-lam looks back on a decade of social movements in Hong Kong 7 January 2018 12:57
HKFP Law Blog • Law & Crime • Opinion • Politics & Protest Hong Kong 2017 in review: Blessed are the pessimists, for they shall never be disappointed 1 January 2018 11:00
Community & Education • Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Outgoing CUHK head: Students’ harsh criticism of his political views ‘regrettable’ 20 December 2017 08:40
HKFP Features • HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Law & Crime Free speech, selective enforcement and opacity: Problems with the ‘dishonest use of computer’ offence 17 December 2017 23:23
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Beijing official holds first ever seminar on Communist Party Congress for top Hong Kong political figures 23 November 2017 17:17
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest Democracy activist Nathan Law pens new essay series with plans to publish book 16 November 2017 08:45
Law & Crime • Opinion • Politics & Protest Hong Kong independence row: International standards for sedition must be the norm 5 November 2017 12:00
Opinion • Politics & Protest My friend the 50 cent-er: Why there is no place for moderation in Hong Kong politics 22 October 2017 13:00
Opinion • Politics & Protest A 5-point ‘protest protocol’ to renew civility and unity in the fight for Hong Kong democracy 16 October 2017 17:57
Opinion • Politics & Protest As Catalans call a referendum, we dare not risk China’s wrath in Hong Kong 8 October 2017 16:00
Opinion • Politics & Protest After the Umbrella movement: healing a divided city must start with truthfulness 7 October 2017 13:00
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Umbrella Movement protests delayed the rise of radicalism in Hong Kong, says co-founder Chan Kin-man, 3 years on 28 September 2017 15:44
Opinion • Politics & Protest The Umbrella Movement after three years: So much accomplished, and much still to do 24 September 2017 10:00
Community & Education • Opinion • Politics & Protest Are young Hongkongers really being led astray? Or are they just exercising their rights? 18 September 2017 19:28
HKFP Buzz • HKFP Editorials Donate HK$200 to HKFP and receive a hard copy of Kong Tsung-gan’s ‘Umbrella: A Political Tale from Hong Kong’ 18 September 2017 17:44
Law & Crime • Opinion • Politics & Protest Beyond the profanities: Mainland students share mixed views on the Hong Kong independence campus row 12 September 2017 16:40
HKFP Features • HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Interviews • Politics & Protest Interview: ‘Enemy of the state’ – National Party founder Andy Chan says party ‘unmasked’ Hong Kong’s political reality 10 September 2017 12:22
Community & Education • Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Lawmaker threatens protests and legal action unless HKU investigates pro-democracy professor Benny Tai 7 September 2017 08:40
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest ‘We expect people to take responsibility for their actions,’ says outgoing HKU chief on jailed student activist 30 August 2017 17:29
Community & Education • Environment & Health • Hong Kong Political storm: Macanese rebuff judging eyes from Hong Kong, as army aids typhoon clean-up 29 August 2017 16:51
Opinion • Politics & Protest How can Hong Kong’s courts, gov’t, and media be so deaf to the global chorus of criticism? 28 August 2017 16:15
Opinion • Politics & Protest Hong Kong’s first political prisoners? A stormy fortnight for the SAR’s core values 27 August 2017 21:30
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest ‘A death knell for rule of law and human rights’: 25 int’l figures condemn jailing of Hong Kong democracy activists 18 August 2017 17:04
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest Joshua Wong & Nathan Law’s political party faces wipe-out, as it decries ‘abuse of judicial procedures’ 17 August 2017 19:24
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest • Travel & Transport Pro-democracy veteran Martin Lee warns joint checkpoint deal sets precedent for crushing protests 27 July 2017 17:47
Business • HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Interviews Interview: Media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s aide defends sale of investigative magazine 24 July 2017 19:17
Defence & Foreign Policy • HKFP Voices • Politics & Protest No space for democracy? Political dissidence in colonial v. contemporary Hong Kong 23 July 2017 00:06
HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Politics & Protest ‘Tail, deter, frighten, contain opposition’: Gov’t think tank report suggests rebuilding police unit 12 July 2017 00:02
HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest HK20: Hong Kong’s fourth estate at stake – Trials of the city’s free press 9 July 2017 18:00
HKFP Features • HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Politics & Protest You’re all under arrest: How Hong Kong’s gov’t changed its policy on political protests 1 July 2017 20:00
Opinion • Politics & Protest HK20: We pay a price for China’s increasing prosperity – and the increasing fear of its leaders 1 July 2017 11:02
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest 20 Years in 20 Pictures: Key moments in Hong Kong since the end of British rule 1 July 2017 00:05
HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Interviews • Politics & Protest HK20 Interview: Handover series authors Ben Bland and Antony Dapiran on protest and identity 27 June 2017 17:30
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest Pro-Beijing lawmakers block motion to impeach Hong Kong’s leader, following fierce debate 8 June 2017 14:08
HKFP Voices • Politics & Protest Tiananmen survivor Rose Tang: Be separatists, be proud, and let the revolution begin in Hong Kong 4 June 2017 10:20
Opinion • Politics & Protest Vacancies! Vacancies! New policy secretaries wanted in the HKSAR government 21 May 2017 12:30
HKFP Law Blog • HKFP Voices • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest Law Society Council election: Vicious characters and hypocrites only earn my spite 14 May 2017 20:13
HKFP Law Blog • HKFP Voices • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest Law Society Council election: Why lawmaker Junius Ho should be voted out 14 May 2017 20:13
Opinion • Politics & Protest Beijing’s dilemma: What to do next with an ungrateful Special Administrative Region 7 May 2017 11:00
Opinion • Politics & Protest Carrie Lam, tear down this fence and reopen Civic Square 26 April 2017 17:36
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest CY Leung ‘uses every opportunity to create conflict’ in refusing to reopen protest site, rights group says 26 April 2017 14:11
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Pro-gov’t lawmakers suggest reopening former protest site ‘Civic Square’ 23 April 2017 00:10
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest • Travel & Transport Pro-democracy legislator Leung Kwok-hung receives a single-visit China travel permit 12 April 2017 09:48
HKFP Law Blog • Law & Crime • Opinion • Politics & Protest Why foreign judges are critical to Hong Kong’s judicial system 10 April 2017 15:24
Opinion • Politics & Protest End of a Hong Kong blogger: Time to say goodbye to freedom of speech? 9 April 2017 13:00
Opinion • Politics & Protest The role of Beijing’s ‘invisible hand’ in the chief executive elections 2 April 2017 22:04
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Low turnout in unofficial referendum reflects Hongkongers’ sense of powerlessness, organiser Benny Tai says 20 March 2017 11:51
Community & Education • Hong Kong Staff at student leadership camp accused of physical abuse, brandishing knives, political brainwashing 15 March 2017 16:02
Opinion • Politics & Protest Hong Kong under Carrie Lam? Not quite the apocalypse, but bad enough 6 March 2017 19:10
Business • Community & Education • Hong Kong Localist digital media outlet Local Press survives funding scare as new shareholder jumps on board 1 March 2017 12:30
Law & Crime • Opinion • Politics & Protest Harsh sentencing? The police should protect and serve Hongkongers, not commit criminal acts 22 February 2017 15:23
HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Hong Kong activists reject ‘lesser evil’ line, and launch an unofficial referendum on the city’s leadership 8 February 2017 08:52
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Pro-democracy camp launches ‘public nomination’ campaign ahead of Hong Kong leadership race 23 January 2017 16:46
Opinion • Politics & Protest Hong Kong in the mood for marching, as Beijing cracks down on local aspirations 8 January 2017 09:30
HKFP Voices • LGBTQ & Gender • Politics & Protest Behind the scenes: The mainland journalist who writes about China’s human rights 26 December 2016 00:04
HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Interviews • Politics & Protest Interview: What happened, and what’s next, for ousted Hong Kong lawmaker Baggio Leung 18 December 2016 22:07
Hong Kong • Law & Crime Facebook sees 212% increase in Hong Kong gov’t user information requests 17 December 2016 19:00
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Meeting ‘Silent Majority’ activists shows Beijing determined to smash HK independence, analysts say 30 November 2016 16:39
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Senior Chinese official praises anti-independence campaign by ‘Silent Majority’ activist Robert Chow 29 November 2016 19:39
Arts, Lifestyle & Events • HKFP Voices Tony Leung: A Hong Kong talent thrives in China’s film industry 26 November 2016 20:00
Arts, Lifestyle & Events • Community & Education • Hong Kong Asia Society Hong Kong cancels screening of Umbrella protest film amid political concerns 13 November 2016 12:00
HKFP Voices • Politics & Protest A firm hand for Hong Kong: Chinese state media takes firm stance on independence 7 November 2016 19:58