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Legal scholar Benny Tai was among those sentenced on Nov. 19.

“Ten years from now, I wonder what the students of Scholarism will be doing in society?” Joshua Wong, the young pro-democracy activist, wrote in a post in 2014.

The many Chinese officials who have recently met their downfall have something in common: they followed former CCP leader Jiang Zemin in brutally suppressing Falun Gong.

The Hong Kong University (HKU) Council has rejected the appointment of former law dean Johannes Chan to the post of pro-vice chancellor, although the HKU election committee recommended Chan for the position.

The 2-week nomination period for Hong Kong’s District Council Election began on Oct. 2. A total of 431 constituencies will be up for grabs in 18 different districts.

Falun Gong practitioners held a rally and parade in Hong Kong on Oct. 1, calling for justice for the criminals who persecute Falun Gong and an end to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

“The Chief Executive is actually supreme,” said Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying on Sept. 16. He was responding to Hong Kong Liaison Office Director Zhang Xiaoming’s comments on Hong Kong’s political system and the role of the Chief Executive.

The Hong Kong government recently gave its stamp of approval to a development project that had very little public support, upsetting many real estate companies who have now formed an alliance to oppose the plan.

Two months after Hong Kong vetoed a Beijing-backed political reform bill, Beijing took the initiative to renew contact with the pan-democrats in Hong Kong.

The recent scandal in which Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying is suspected to have interfered with the appointment of Professor Johannes Chan as pro vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has caused widespread concern in the territory.