Kara Wheeler is a member of the Acton Institute’s 2021 Emerging Leaders class. She is a senior at Aquinas College majoring in in English and Journalism. She loves to write, partake in any sport she can, and can be found either on the water or in downtown Grand Rapids.
Posts by Kara Wheeler
September 29, 2021
Clement Chan Kam-wing, an inspector appointed by the Hong Kong government, raided the headquarters of Next Digital media company in a search and seizure of financial records on Sept. 28 as part of an investigation into the company.
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September 24, 2021
On Sept. 17, a Hong Kong high court ruled that the Security Bureau maintains the power to restrict jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s voting rights as the major shareholder of his media company, Next Digital.
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September 19, 2021
On Sept. 15, Hong Kong’s Secretary of Security, Chris Tang, called for the Hong Kong Journalists’ Association, the city’s main press group, to reveal to the public who its members work for and how many of them are students.
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September 18, 2021
Nine Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were sentenced Sept. 15 to 10 months in prison for their participation in the annual vigil for the commemoration of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
Twelve defendants total pled guilty earlier this month to their involvement in the vigil that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, when Chinese troops fired at student protesters participating in pro-democracy protests.
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September 13, 2021
Hong Kong pro-democracy news service Apple Daily shut its doors on June 24, but the ripple effects from the Chinese Communist Party’s attack on the free press continue to reverberate. Seven former Apple Daily employees have been charged under the city’s National Security Law, or NSL, which bans what the government deems to be acts of secession, subversion, or terrorism.
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September 10, 2021
Several members of a Hong Kong group that organizes an annual vigil for the commemoration of the Tiananmen Square Massacre were arrested on Sept. 8 after they refused to provide information for a police investigation.
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September 08, 2021
On Sept. 5, Next Digital, parent media company of the now-liquidated pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily, announced it will begin taking steps to shut down amid pressure from the city’s National Security Law, or NSL.
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September 06, 2021
Eight Hong Kongers who were involved in a 2020 attempt to flee to Taiwan via speedboat appeared in high court on Sept. 2, facing charges of perverting the course of justice within the restrictions set by Hong Kong’s National Security Law, or NSL, according to Hong Kong Free Press.
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August 31, 2021
The Chinese Communist Party, or CCP, tightened its grip on public dissent Aug. 25 when party leadership announced its investigation into a leading pro-democracy group in Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China is a notable supporter of democracy and is the organizer of the annual rally that commemorates protesters who died during the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
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August 25, 2021
Hong Kong officials announced Aug. 24 plans to amend a film censorship law to forbid screenings of films that qualify as a violation of national security.
The proposed amendments are the latest crackdown in the Chinese Communist Party’s, or CCP’s, quest for absolute control, under the National Security Law, or NSL.
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