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Hong Kong's leader says police will investigate suspicious withdrawals from organ donation register

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee said police will investigate suspicious applications from people seeking to withdraw from the city’s organ donation system, condemning the alleged a...

Hong Kong divided over China's COVID-19 protests

HONG KONG (AP) — The recent wave of protests against China's anti-virus restrictions was a ray of hope for some supporters of Hong Kong's own pro-democracy movement after local authorities stifled it ...

Round 3 of Anonymous hack of China site uses image of Taiwan president

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The decentralized international hacktivist group Anonymous early on Saturday (Oct. 2) posted the third round of its defacement of a Chinese government tourism promotion we...

Photo of the Day: 'Communist Bandit Pastries' spotted in Taiwan

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Last week, a Chinese American netizen shared a photo of an eatery in southwestern Taiwan called "Communist Bandit Pastries" (共匪餅). When asked by Taiwan News w...

Photo of the Day: Taiwan stands with India

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Inspired by a meme showing Hong Kong's pro-democracy activists supporting India, Taiwan News has created a meme expressing Taiwan's solidarity with India, as both ...

Photo of the Day: India's Rama takes on China's dragon

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — As news broke that a vicious melee had broken out between Indian and Chinese troops along the Sino-Indian border in the Ladakh area on Tuesday (June 16), an illustration s...

Hong Kong government seeks to censor internet comments after mask ban

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Hong Kong’s High Court on Thursday night (Oct. 31) agreed to a request from the special administrative region’s Department of Justice to issue an interim injun...

Thousands march in Hong Kong on Communist Party anniversary

Thousands of black-clad pro-democracy protesters defied a police ban and marched in central Hong Kong on Tuesday, urging China’s Communist Party to “return power to the people” as th...

Protesters to form ‘Hong Kong Way’ human chain

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A number of Hong Kong protesters are calling on citizens to form the “Hong Kong Way,” or three human chains exceeding a total of 40 kilometers in length, this ...

Hong Kong police tear skirt, underwear off female protester, sparking public wrath

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Hong Kong police tore the skirt and underwear off a young female protester in Tin Shui Wai on Sunday (Aug. 4) at midnight while arresting her, enraging residents who then ...

Chinese spammers suffer Hong Kong hack attack and personal data leak

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Chinese netizens on Di Bar (帝吧), a subforum in Baidu Tieba (百度貼吧), have been calling for spam attacks on the Hong Kong forum LIHKG (連登) but saw instead their personal info...

Hand signals and Post-its: The Hong Kong protester playbook

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's youth are no rookies when it comes to protests. The city's young activists have fine-tuned their strategies since Occupy Central in 2014, a months-long pr...

Hong Kong protesters among TIME's 25 most influential people on internet

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Hong Kong protesters were collectively chosen by TIME as one of its 25 most influential people on the internet on Tuesday (July 16). TIME points out that, while the mov...