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PRESS & MEDIA COVERAGE

Press Interviews, Invited Talks and Panel Discussions

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Latest Press Interview: 

New York Times: Hong Kong Convicts a Political Exile’s Father, a First for the City (10 February 2026)

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Washington Post: Jimmy Lai conviction shows how Beijing is rewriting Hong Kong's history (16 December 2025)

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Financial Times: Hong Kong convicts Jimmy Lai in landmark national security trial (15 December 2025)

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Nikkei Asia: Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark national security case (15 December 2025)

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Bloomberg: Hong Kong Convicts Jimmy Lai in Security Case, Risking Life Term (15 December 2025)

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Washington Post: With elections following deadly fire, Hong Kong moves to stifle dissent (6 December 2025)

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Time: How Hong Kong Is Trying to Stamp Out Sparks of Unrest After Deadly Fire (5 December 2025)

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Trouw: Wie komt er nog op voor de door brand getroffen flatbewoners in Hongkong? (5 December 2025)

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DW News: Has Hong Kong fire triggered 'national security' crackdown? (2 December 2025)​

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Associated Press: Hong Kong’s small businesses pressured under security law (1 July 2025)​

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CNN: Hong Kong’s oldest pro-democracy party is shutting down as Beijing leaves no room for dissent (19 April 2025)

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The Straits Times: Hong Kong mulls over strengthening year-old security law as critics slam repression of dissent (22 March 2025)​

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The Guardian: Jimmy Lai trial: key points from media mogul’s testimony on first day (20 November 2024)​

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Wall Street Journal: Hong Kong Court Sentences Dozens in Case That Crushed Pro-Democracy Camp (19 November 2024)​

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New York Times: Hong Kong Editors Convicted of Sedition in Blow to Press Freedom (29 August 2024)

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Foreign Policy: Hong Kong’s Democratic Diaspora Is Embracing British Elections (1 July 2024)

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BBC News: Hong Kong convicts 14 activists of subversion (30 May 2024)​

 

NPR: Hong Kong's government nears passage of a new national security measure (13 March, 2024)​​

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SELECTED PODCAST EPISODES

 

​2025. Legal Resistance Under Authoritarianism: The Struggle for the Rule of Law in Hong Kong. New Books in Law, December 16.

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2025. 「审判」黎智英:一个麻烦制造者的命运。不明白播客。12月15日。

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2024. Inside Trials of Hong Kong's Pro-Democracy Activists. Inside Asia by the Center for Asian Democracy, University of Louisville, December 5.

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2024. China Global Podcast: Article 23: Implications for Hong Kong. The German Marshall Fund, April 16.

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2024. Barefoot Lawyer Reports: Eric Lai Discusses Religious Freedom in Hong Kong. Catholic University of America Center for Human Rights. April 17.

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2024. Barefoot Lawyer Reports: Eric Lai Discusses Hong Kong's National Security Law. Catholic University of America Center for Human Rights.  April 11.

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2024. 燦爛時光會客室:香港基本法23條通過!還能在夾縫中抵抗?專訪黎恩灝。公民行動,4月7 日。

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2024. 23條,要講!:《維護國家安全條例》下,執法機關權力擴張。綠豆,3月29日。

 

2024. 兩岸ING:香港基本法23條立法 中國馴服法治再出手。Rti 中央廣播電臺,2月2日。

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2023. Hong Kong - Is the Shine Coming Off The Pearl Of The Orient? The Why Curve, March 2. 

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2022. China Podcast: Hong Kong's new Chief Executive, with Eric Lai and Valarie Tan. MERICS, May 13. 

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SELECTED TALKS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS
 

2024. National Security, Human Rights and Religious Freedom in Authoritarian Regimes: The Case of Hong Kong , Catholic University of America, Washington DC. 

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2023. 招待講演:香港における法と裁判所の権威主義化:その起源、過程、反応について(Autocratization of Law and Courts in Hong Kong: Origin, Process and Response), University of Tokyo,Tokyo.

 

2023. Legal Resistance under the Shadow of Authoritarianism: The Politics of Rule of Law in Post-Umbrella Hong Kong" Keynote speaker, Academia Sinica, Taipei.

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2022. "Hong Kong's Human Rights Melt Down" Discussant, King's College London Transnational Law Institute, London. 
 

2021. “Hong Kong, China and the International Community” Panellist, Cambridge University Hong Kong & China Affairs Society, St. John’s College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge. 

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2021. “The Critical Room: Is the Fight for Democracy in Hong Kong Over? Post-screening Panel Discussion of When A City Rises” Panellist, Film fra Sør (Film from the South), Oslo. 

 

2021. “COVID-19, Autocratisation and Geopolitical Instability: Electoral challenges and Democratic Backsliding in East Asia” Panellist, 5th Asian Electoral Stakeholders Forum, Bangkok. 

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