Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, February 5, 2023 The lingering aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the widening war in Ukraine and the knock-on effects of food and energy shortages, alongside high inflation battered the world economy in 2022. Reflecting these grim realities, the UN has issued its annual World Economic Situation and Prospects […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk The history of the media is full of stories about journalists who defied authority, risked death covering wars and sought stories behind cover-ups. Few media heroes can match Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, a Hong Kong paper that was shut down last year after 26 years of defending […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 30, 2022 As the communist regime in Beijing tightens its grip on Hong Kong via its new national security law, more than 140,000 residents of the former British colony have applied this year for British visas that open a pathway to UK citizenship. As of the end of June, 140,500 Hong […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler How time flies. It’s been 25 years since Hong Kong returned to Chinese control, a quarter century since the prosperous British Crown Colony became a semi-autonomous part of the People’s Republic of China, the world’s largest dictatorship. Nonetheless, the small but feisty islands on the south China coast […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 13, 2021 The Chinese Communist Party’s plan to eliminate freedom of the press in Hong Kong is nearing completion with the announcement by Next Digital that it is ceasing operations. With its founder in jail and its stock suspended from trading, Next Digital said in a statement that it had no […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 24, 2021 The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has eliminated one of the last vestiges of freedom in Hong Kong with the forced closure of the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper. Apple Daily — which had been in operation for 26 years — printed its last edition on Thursday. Its digital content was […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 17, 2021 Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities ordered police in Hong Kong to raid the offices of the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper on Thursday. Several top editors were arrested and accused of violating Article 29 of the communist nation’s national security law, which bans “collusion with a foreign country or with […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 13, 2021 The Epoch Times has reported yet another attack on its Hong Kong printing press in what is believed to be the latest attempt by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to silence the news outlet and eliminate freedom of the press. Four masked intruders armed with sledgehammers and a knife […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Amid the theatrical fanfare and political pomp, China’s annual “National People’s Congress” met in Beijing to dutifully endorse the ruling Communist Party’s (CCP) vision for the future. Nearly 3,000 delegates surrounded by the red and gold trappings of the People’s Republic and energized by the musical choreography of […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, March 14, 2021 The communist government in China has approved a resolution to overhaul Hong Kong’s electoral system. China calls it the “patriots governing Hong Kong” resolution. It passed the National People’s Congress (NPC) on Thursday. One day earlier in Washington, Democrats in the House passed an election reform bill that […]
