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  • Saturday, 13 March, 2021
    News in-depthChinese politics & policy
    ‘Hong Kong will sit on China’s lap’: Beijing crushes city’s autonomy

    Election law will ensure that only ‘patriots’ wield any power in the territory

  • Wednesday, 6 January, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong police round up dozens of pro-democracy politicians

    US citizen among those detained in one of biggest purges under Beijing’s security law

  • Wednesday, 2 December, 2020
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to prison over protests

    Campaigner jailed for more than a year in relation to pro-democracy demonstrations

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Hong Kong politics
    Joshua Wong faces up to three years in jail over Hong Kong protest

    Prominent activist and colleagues detained as city cracks down on pro-democracy movement

  • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
    Hong Kong
    Joshua Wong: Business must keep pushing for freedom in Hong Kong

    Companies should find ways to reduce their vulnerability to Beijing

  • Thursday, 24 September, 2020
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong arrested for ‘illegal assembly’

    Pro-democracy leader detained as authorities crack down on dissent in territory

  • Thursday, 27 August, 2020
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong says he expects to be arrested at any time

    Pro-democracy campaigner fears he will be sent to one of Beijing’s ‘black jails’

  • Thursday, 30 July, 2020
    Hong Kong politics
    Joshua Wong barred from standing in Hong Kong election

    Disqualification follows arrest of 4 pro-independence activists under new security law

  • Tuesday, 30 June, 2020
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong pro-democracy groups disband after security law passed

    Demosisto’s Joshua Wong says legislation imposed by Beijing will threaten activists

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  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates win landslide

    Rout of establishment opponents in local elections sends message of discontent to Beijing

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    ExplainerHong Kong politics
    What Hong Kong’s local elections mean for the protests

    First poll since unrest erupted is seen as referendum on pro-democracy movement

  • Friday, 8 November, 2019
    Lunch with the FTBest of Lunch with the FT 2019
    Joshua Wong: ‘We used to play laser tag. Now we face bullets’

    The face of the Hong Kong protest movement on defying Beijing

  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2019
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong activist barred from local elections

    Face of pro-democracy movement Joshua Wong accuses Beijing of manipulation

  • Thursday, 12 September, 2019
    Hong Kong politics1 min
    Joshua Wong urges Germany to stop selling riot weapons to Hong Kong police

    Activist calls on Berlin to suspend trade negotiations with China and Hong Kong

  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2019
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong activist calls for more support from Europe

    The activist urges Germany to halt export of crowd control equipment to territory’s police

  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2019
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam wanted to ‘quit’

    Chief executive struggles to retract comments in leaked audio recording of private meeting

  • Friday, 30 August, 2019
    Hong Kong politics
    Leading HK activists arrested in widening crackdown

    Pro-democracy leader Joshua Wong and others detained after thugs attack campaigners 

  • Monday, 8 July, 2019
    Gideon Rachman
    Xi faces his moment of truth in Hong Kong

    The president’s dilemma is that the territory’s residents do not want a one-party state

  • Thursday, 16 May, 2019
    Hong Kong politics
    Joshua Wong sent back to jail for Hong Kong protest role

    Democracy advocate’s sentence reduced to 2 months after losing appeal

  • Monday, 27 August, 2018
    Emerging markets
    Hong Kong activist group says two members were detained during China visit
  • Monday, 23 April, 2018
    News in-depthHong Kong politics
    Free speech fears as Beijing attacks HK professor

    Communist party threatens to ‘crush’ Benny Tai over remarks on independence

  • Tuesday, 6 February, 2018
    World
    Hong Kong’s top court overturns Joshua Wong prison sentence
  • Saturday, 27 January, 2018
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong democracy activist barred from election 

    Agnes Chow is latest victim of intensifying crackdown on political space in Hong Kong

  • Wednesday, 17 January, 2018
    Hong Kong politics
    HK democracy activist Joshua Wong sent back to jail

    Campaigner guilty of contempt of court amid crackdown on opposition to Beijing control

  • Wednesday, 17 January, 2018
    World
    Joshua Wong sentenced for role in Hong Kong Occupy protests
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