Archive of news and politics stories…
- 500th Blog Post – An Appeal for The Philippines. See also: Blog Readers Raise $8000.
- A Tour of the Famous Greenpeace Ship, Rainbow Warrior III.
- A Very Hong Wrong 2013: Year in Review.
- Airpocalypse: Hong Kong Edition.
- An American Warship in Hong Kong.
- Average Salaries of Those Who Serve Us.
- Bumbling Boris Johnson Surveying Hong Kong Sparks Photoshop Battle.
- Child Abduction Rumours Are Textbook Scarelore.
- Citizens Left to Clean Beaches Still Brimming with Plastic Pellets.
- Container Ship Runs Aground in Pokfulam.
- CY Leung Humiliated at Ceremony Ahead of July 1st March.
- Documentary Follows Scholarism’s Joshua Wong.
- Election 2012 as Popvote.hk is Hacked.
- Elizabeth Quat: The Hong Kong Politician With 3 “Fake” Degrees.
- Fake Monks Targeting Westerners on the Rise.
- Food Choices on the Hong Kong Poverty Line.
- Henry Tang’s Daughter’s Artwork.
- Hidden Agenda Raided Again Over the Weekend.
- HK’s ‘Last Governor’ Mobbed as ‘Fans’ Blare British National Anthem.
- Hong Kong 3rd Best for Human Freedom? The Truth About ‘That Survey’.
- Hong Kong Goes Completely Insane For Big Yellow Duck’s Arrival.
- Hong Kong is World’s Most Racist State. See also: Hong Kong NOT World’s Most Racist State After All.
- Hong Kong Makes Tacocopter Internet Meme a Reality.
- Hong Kong Mildly Inconvenienced as Typhoon Usagi Passes Through.
- Hong Kong’s Feral Monkey Problem.
- Hong Kong’s Invisible Caged Poor: Mini Sculptures by Kwong Chi Kit.
- Hong Kong’s Rooftop Slums.
- Hong Kong’s Stormageddon.
- Hong Kong’s Shame – More Squalid Slums Discovered in the New Territories.
- How Hong Kong Would Look With The All Lights Out.
- How Mitt Romney Raised $Millions in HK & Macau.
- Illegal Monkey Mountain Feeding Continues – Photos.
- Indonesian Maids Rally in Support of Abused Domestic Helper.
- Inside a Bitcoin Mining Operation in Hong Kong – Photos.
- International No Pants Subway Day 2013. See also: No Pants Day 2014 Photos.
- Judges Approve Transsexual Marriage as LGBT Event Planned for Weekend.
- Kevin Zervos Makes Victim Blaming Comments.
- Kim Jong-Un Hired to Protest Kim Jon-Un in Wanchai.
- Kim Jong-Un Impersonator Wows Hong Kongers.
- Lantau Incinerator a Load of Old Rubbish.
- Left 21 Anti-Poverty Halloween Rally, 2013.
- Lufsig-Mania Continues as HK Takes to Photoshop and the Shops.
- Mainland Tourists Clear HK Banks & Jewellers of Bling.
- Manila Bus Crisis – Mourning Sickness.
- Memo an Affront to HK’s Autonomy as New HK Ai Wei Wei Piece Revealed.
- More Clueless Sexual Assault Comments, Now From HK’s Chief Prosecutor.
- New HK PSA: Shut Up and Love China.
- Nick Cage’s Macau Microphone Menagerie Sparks Photoshop Battle.
- No Gays! Says HK’s International Christian School (And It’s Legal!).
- No Sex Please, We’re Hong Kongers.
- Offensive or Hilarious? Hong Kong’s Most Confusing Anti-Mainlander Protest.
- Paul Mooney’s SCMP Whistle-blower Article.
- Photographer Michael Wolf May Be Legal Trouble Over ‘Window Watching’.
- Poverty & Property: The Claustrophobic Reality of HK Shoeboxes.
- Pro-Beijing DAB Party Campaigning Against Club Triple X.
- Professional’ Smuggling Tunnel Linking HK to China Discovered.
- Profit, Protection & Public Interest: Why is SCMP ‘Drip-feeding’ Snowden Revelations?
- Revealed: CY Leung Met Tony Blair in Secretive June Meeting
- Sai Kung Country Park Trashed as ‘HK Clean Up’ Kicks off.
- Salaries of Those Who Serve Us.
- Security Chief Tells Women: ‘Reduce Drinking’ to Get Raped Less.
- Serious Crime Unit Arrests Graffiti Artist as US Criticises HK Human Rights.
- Shark Spotted in Sai Kung.
- South China Morning Post Buys Out HK Magazine.
- Squalor in Fanling: Slum Dwellings Return to Hong Kong (Photos).
- Tasteless Campaign from HK’s Society for Abandoned Animals.
- Teacup Storm Over HK Magazine Crap Rape Joke.
- Tens of Thousands Surround Gov’t HQ Protesting Rejected HKTV Bid.
- The HK Standard: Ignorant at Best, Racist at Worst.
- The KONY 2012 HK ‘Night Sweep’.
- The McQueue of Shame?
- They Can’t Kill Us All: Protesters Unite for Press Freedom.
- Time Out/Hemlock Tycoons Feature.
- Two HK School Children Demand GovHK Burn Ivory Stockpile.
- Viral Colonial Flag Olympic Hoax as Hong Kong Chillier Than Sochi.
- Weird Propaganda Sign on Hong Kong Soil.
- Why Are Hong Kongers are Going Crazy for ‘Lufsig’ the Toy Wolf?
- Why Does Jackie Chan Hate Hong Kong?
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Posts related to Hong Kong’s hidden poor; a city that is home to the widest poverty gap in the developed world…
- Cages, Hookers, Tattoos – HK’s Grim Underbelly.
- Can an Elevator Be Racist?
- Elite: Michael Chan’s Commentary on Education & Poverty.
- Food Choices on the Hong Kong Poverty Line.
- Home Street Home: Homelessness in HK by Lei Jih-sheng.
- Hong Kong Coffin Homes by Ko Chung Ming.
- Hong Kong’s Invisible Caged Poor: Mini Sculptures by Kwong Chi Kit.
- Hong Kong’s Rooftop Slums.
- Hong Kong’s Shame – More Squalid Slums Discovered in the New Territories.
- Life in the Gutter of Asia’s World City, by Charlie Eady.
- Lonely Metropolis: More Colourful Shots by Brian Yen.
- Michael Wolf’s ‘Architecture of Density‘. See also 100×100.
- Political Art of Winnie Davies.
- Poverty, Age & Loneliness in HK, by Brian Yen.
- Sub-divided Flats – Photography by Benny Lam.
- The Heart-Warming Kindness of Hong Kong’s Heroes.
- The Part of Hong Kong Foreigners Never See, by Joanathan Van Smit’.
- Amnesty International Condemns HK Helper ‘Slavery’.
- Another Domestic Maid Tortured by HK Employer Flees; Hospitalised.
- Domestic Maids Plant Toy Grenades for Art… But Were the Curators Ethical?
- Dreamseekers: Photographer Reveals Maid’s Journeys from Indonesia to HK.
- Employer Groups Protest Against Improved Rights for Domestic Workers.
- Grainne Quinlan’s Stunning Portraits of HK’s Helper Community.
- HK Maid Community Gather for Global Dance-Off.
- Indonesian Maids Rally in Support of Abused Domestic Helper.
- Now Gov’t Rules Make it Near-Impossible for Domestic Maids to Quit or Escape Abuse.
- Over 5000 Demand ‘Justice for Erwiana’ Today.
- Photo Project: ‘Why Do You Do What You Do’.
- Police & Indonesian Consulate Detain Erwiana Upon Return to HK.
- Tortured Helper Suspect in Court Today as Gov’t Refuses to Alter Rules.
Hong Kong’s Hall of Fame & Shame…
- Hero: Benson Tsang & Timothy Lam Kwok-Cheung: Homeless Reach-out.
- Hero: Chan Chung-Lam: HK’s Most Honest Man.
- Hero: Michael Vidler: Fighting for Equality.
- Villain: Chan Kam-Lam: Curbing Creative Expression.
- Villain: Elizabeth Quat: The Politician With 3 “Fake” Degrees.
- Villain: Hong Kong’s Luxury Malls: IFC, Hysan & Elements Mall.
- Villain: HSBC: HK’s Most Clueless Bank.
- Villain: John Nelson: Hong Kong International School’s Homophobia.
- Villain: Kevin Zervos: Victim Blamer.
- Villain: Lai Tung-Kwok: Victim Blamer.
- Villain: Lam Yi Lai: Called on Hong Kongers to Sack their Helpers.
- Villain: Red Bull: Pillow Fight Gatecrashers.
Breaking news bullshit from the Hong Wrong Sub-Standard (satire)…
- China Apologises Unreservedly to Tiananmen Victims; Offers Compensation.
- Colgate to Relaunch Racist Toothpaste ‘Darkie’.
- CY Launches Anti-Corruption Agency to Monitor Anti-Corruption Agency.
- Eddie Snowden ‘Dreadful to Live With’ says Relieved Safehouse Flatmate.
- Giant Duck Contracts Lung Cancer in Harbour; has Existential Crisis.
- HK Gov’t to Adapt Tsim Sha Tsui to Mainland Tourist Influx.
- Hong Kong Announces Bid for 2022 Winter Olympics Amidst Cold Snap.
- New Harbour Crossing as Island & Kowloon To Be Linked by Cable Car.
- Philippines Demands Formal Apology and Compensation from Beijing.
- Robotic CY Leung Recharge Pod Sessions to Increase.
- The Standard vs. The Sub-Standard: Battle of the Logos.
- Update: Giant Duck Finally Succumbs to Lung Cancer.
Reinterpreting major local news events in English for foreign readers and expats…
- Full Lowdown: 2 New Reports Slam Hong Kong Media Self-Censorship.
- Full Lowdown: 2012 Election Aftermath. Protests Continue, Albert Ho Quits & Racist Candidate Loses.
- Full Lowdown: Battle of the Bullshit – Falun Gong Edition.
- Full Lowdown: HK Lamma Ferry Disaster 2012.
- Full Lowdown: HK Political Shit-storm Ahead of July 1st, 2012. See also: Full Lowdown of Handover Weekend 2012: Protest Minimised, Reporter Removed.
- Full Lowdown: HK’s 2012 National Education Protests. See also: Full Lowdown: Small Victory for Scholarism as 170,000+ Protest National Education.
- Full Lowdown: HK’s Tiananmen Vigil & Protests 2012.
- Full Lowdown: July 1st Pro-Democracy March, 2013. See also: The coolest, most inspiring shots from the 2013 July 1st Rally.
- Full Lowdown: Time Hong Kong Moved on from the Manila Bus Crisis.
- Full Lowdown: Thousands of Bigoted Christian Homophobes Gather for Demo.
- Full Lowdown: US Whistleblower Edward Snowden Seeks Refuge in Free Speech HK.
The front lines: Political actions in which Hong Wrong was directly involved…
- 24-hr Anonymous Guerrilla Art Installation, 2010.
- Anniversary of the Tibetan Occupation, 2009.
- Anniversary of the Tibetan Occupation, 2010.
- Annual Democracy Rally, 2009. See also: 2008.
- Buy Nothing Day, 2008.
- China Human Rights Protest, 2008.
- Depraved HK Newspaper Needn’t Fear HK’s Media Watchdogs, 2012. See also: Media Ethics Complaint Against Oriental Daily Upheld.
- Edward Snowden Seeks Refuge in HK, 2013. More on the Hong Wrong-organised ‘Support Snowden’ rally: Part I: Preparations, Part II: Global media coverage, Part III: Photos, Part IV: Videos.
- Gaza Rally 2012. See also: Gaza Rally, 2009 and Gaza Flotilla Rally, 2010.
- Giant Dog Shit is Re-dedicated to Politician Chan Kam-Lam, 2013.
- HK’s Luxury Malls Mistreating Their Staff? Join the Mini-Campaign.
- HK-GZ High Speed Rail Link Protests, 2010.
- Lantau Incinerator Protest, 2012.
- LGBT Anti-Discrimination Rally, 2012. See also: Gay Pride Parade, 2012.
- Maxim Magazine ‘International Action’ Feature, 2006.
- Minimum Wage Protest, 2006.
- National Education ‘Scholarism’ Protests, 2012.
- Occupy Hong Kong, 2011. See also: Occupy Hong Kong a Bit Embarrassing, Asked to Leave, Occupy HK Refuse to Speak to Media and Occupy Hong Kong Evicted (pictures).
- Olympic Torch Relay, 2008 See also: Olympic Countdown and Civil Liberties Legal Case, 2008.
- Slutwalk Protests Victim Blaming & Rape Myths, 2013.
- Tiananmen Massacre ’6-4′ Vigil 2013. See also: Preview of 2013, 2012, 2009 and 2008.
- Why I Attempted to Arrest Tony Blair, 2012. See also: £2420 ‘Arrest Blair’ Bounty Awarded.
- Worker’s Rights in Education, 2006.
Hong Kong’s LGBT community…
- Full Lowdown: Thousands of Bigoted Christian Homophobes Gather for Demo.
- HSBC Lit in LGBT Rainbow Colours Tonight.
- Judges Approve Transsexual Marriage as LGBT Event Planned for Weekend.
- LGBT Anti-Discrimination Rally, 2012.
- No Gays! Says HK’s International Christian School (And It’s Legal!).
- Shots from HK’s Gay Pride Parade, 2012.
- Shots from HK’s Gay Pride Parade, 2013.