Author Archives: Yan Sham-Shackleton

Hong Kong Demonstration Marks Anniversary By HELEN LUK, Associated Press WriterFri Jul  1, 7:21 AM ET Tens of thousands of protesters marched through the streets and demanded more democracy Friday on the eighth anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to Chinese rule. The turnout was much smaller this year than in the two previous years, whenContinue reading “News: Hong Kong Demonstration Marks Anniversary”

Muted protest as Hong Kong marks China handover By Tan Ee Lyn  |  July 1, 2005 HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people on Friday marked the anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China by marching to demand full voting rights, but the crowds were far smaller than in the last two years.Continue reading “News: Muted protest as Hong Kong marks China handover”

     Up to 45,000 join muted pro-democracy march in Hong Kong    (DPA) http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2005/July/theworld_July19.xml&section=theworld&col=     1 July 2005     HONG KONG – Thousands of people took part in a pro-democracy march in Hong Kong on Friday timed to coincide with the eighth anniversary of the former British colony’s return to Chinese rule.Continue reading “News: Up to 45,000 join muted pro-democracy march in Hong Kong”

July 1, 2005      latimes.com : World Self-Censorship Shifts Hong Kong Media Role. Mainland officials have curbed reporting with financial as well as political pressure. By Ching-Ching Ni, Times Staff Writer HONG KONG — As Hong Kong marks the eighth anniversary today of its return to Chinese rule, its news media are struggling to preserveContinue reading “News: Self-Censorship Shifts Hong Kong Media Role”

Awaiting a Democratic Hong Kong Today is Glutter’s Second Birthday. Today someone in China asked me what is my motivation. I told him: I believe in his freedom as well as mine.

Rafael Hui Named Hong Kong’s No. 2 Leader Thu Jun 30, 4:54 AM ET China announced Thursday that Hong Kong’s new No. 2 leader is Rafael Hui, a veteran civil servant who pledged to focus on economic development, creating jobs and making the government more efficient. Hui, whose expertise is in financial affairs, takes overContinue reading “News: Rafael Hui Named Hong Kong’s No. 2 Leader”

Awaiting a Democratic Hong Kong Typepad is Banned in China (Again) (Confirmation by Six Apart) I have no personal comment. You all know what I think. Actually I do have something to say. Typepad is banned in China, as is up to 40% of all websites. All Chinese bloggers within the mainland, has to registerContinue reading “Typepad Banned in China…Six Ways To Ensure Freedom of Expression”

Awaiting a Democratic Hong Kong. Another reason why I am a mac user… Reporters Without Borders said it was disgusted to find that Microsoft was censoring the Chinese version of its blog tool, MSN spaces, the system automatically rejecting words including "democracy" and "Dalai Lama". "Following Yahoo!, here is a second American Internet giant givingContinue reading “Microsoft Helps China Censor Sites”