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  Chu Kai-pong (諸啟邦), a 27-year-old Hong Kong citizen, has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan, marking the first conviction under the city's newly enacted Safeguarding National Security Ordinance (SNSO) based on Article 23 of the Basic Law. Chu Kai-pong was arrested on June 12, 2024, at an MTR station for wearing a T-shirt bearing the slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times” (光復香港 時代革命) and a yellow mask with the letters “FDNOL,” an abbreviation for “Five Demands, Not One Less” (五大訴求，缺一不可). These slogans were prominent during the 2019 protests against a proposed extradition bill between Hong Kong and mainland China. Embed from Getty Images Chu was reportedly walking around the Shek Mun MTR station in Sha Tin. When approached by police, he refused to show his identity card. Consequently, he was charged under the SNSO with “engaging in acts with seditious intent” (作出具煽動意圖的作為), “loitering with intent” (有意圖而遊盪) and “failing to...

As the 2024-2025 academic year begins, Hong Kong's educational landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. The Hong Kong Education Bureau has announced the integration of “patriotic education” (愛國教育) and “Xi Jinping Thought” (習近平思想) into the junior high school curriculum. Since the crackdown on pro-democracy protests in 2019-2020 and the adoption of the National Security Law (NSL) in June 2020, the Hong Kong Education Bureau has been laying the groundwork for a shift in the school curriculum to bring it in line with the ideology of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). On October 24, 2023, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in Beijing passed the “Patriotic Education Law of the People's Republic of China" (中华人民共和国爱国主义教育法). The law, which came into effect on January 1, 2024, aims to promote patriotism, national unity and security, as well as cultural identity among the citizens. In his 2023 Policy Address delivered on October 25, the Beijing-app...