Author Archives: Yan Sham-Shackleton

Front Page of SCMP today NEWS: China rules out universal suffrage for Hong Kong in 2007 and 2008 My very honest first response: Blah, Blah, No Direct Elections for Hong Kong, blah, Blah Call me naive. For a long time I honestly, honestly thought China would keep its promises to us, that we would haveContinue reading “Still Awaiting A Democratic Hong Kong.”

I hate my government. I really do. HONG KONG (AFP) – China’s parliament ruled out giving the people of Hong Kong the right to elect their chief executive in 2007 and legislature in 2008 by universal suffrage, a parliamentary delegate said. Tsang Hin-chi, who represents Hong Kong in the Chinese parliament, known as the NationalContinue reading “NEWS: China rules out universal suffrage for Hong Kong in 2007 and 2008”

This is what the Chinese Government “representatives” said about direct elections in HK for 2008 Today: “Blah, blah, blah, Blah, blah, blah, Blah, blah, blah, Blah, blah, blah, Blah, blah, blah, Blah, blah, blah, Blah, blah, blah, Blah, blah, blah, Blah, blah, blah,, Blah, blah, blah, Blah, blah, blah, Blah, blah, blah, Blah, blah, blah,Continue reading “Blah, Blah, No Direct Elections for Hong Kong, blah, Blah”

Follow Up: US queries China over alleged mistreatment of dissident in prison Yang Jianli was editor in chief of the dissident online review Yibao ( http://www.chinaeweekly.com ). He was arrested on 26 April 2002 while he was secretly investigating strikes by workers in north-eastern China. He was returning to the country for the first timeContinue reading “Update: Cyber Dissident Jailed Illegally in China”

I always privately maintained that while I was in Shanghai in March 2004, my click throughs on the Internet was monitored in the state run hotel I was in, as well as having had a conversation with someone I came to believe was a “Censor” who happened to be in the business center the sameContinue reading “News: Surveillance on Net Users in China”

By Philip P. Pan Washington Post Foreign Service Friday, April 23, 2004; BEIJING — On a Saturday morning in the summer of 2000, eight young people met in a shabby apartment near Beijing University and started a study group to debate the need for political reform in China. Some were students. Others were recent graduates.Continue reading “News: A Study Group Is Crushed in China’s Grip”

The Standard Michael Ng Democrats have been rebuffed in efforts to get involved in top-level talks on political reform for Hong Kong. With trust in both Beijing and the Hong Kong government dropping precipitously, according to the latest Hong Kong University poll, mainland politicians are staging yet another consultation on political reform, but the democratsContinue reading “Democrats left out of talks”

Awaiting China to Start Telling the Truth. Hahahahhahaahhaaa. I love Propaganda. And em.. who are these people they are quoting? Although I have heard Mr. Nightingale sprout crap somewhere before, can’t remember where tho. Various Hong Kong mass organizations said in Hong Kong that they welcome the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee’s examination ofContinue reading “(Sorta) News: HK mass organizations praise central authorities for respecting HK public opinions”