The Foreign Correspondents' Club Hong Kong

How the U.S.-China trade war is impacting Asia

The effect of the U.S-China trade war on South East Asia was the topic of discussion at a breakfast briefing featuring a leading economic expert.

Ernest Bower, founder and CEO of BowerGroupAsia Inc. and founder and chairman of AkarAsia Inc. which is pioneering the field of digital advocacy and the use of artificial intelligence as a policy and business tool across Asia, gave his insights into how the dispute has affected China’s inbound and outbound investment.

Having arrived in Hong Kong from Washington on Monday, during the city-wide strike, Bower also commented on the ongoing protests as well as giving the view from Washington.

Watch the full talk here.

All you need to know about the legal risks of covering the Hong Kong protests

Valuable advice on how to cover the Hong Kong protests was given to journalists by a leading legal expert at the FCC.

Sharron Fast, Deputy Director of Master of Journalism Programme and lecturer from The Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong, covered a wide range of topics and took questions from the audience – including members and journalists – at the August 6 breakfast briefing. The event was the latest in a series of workshops on covering the Hong Kong protests, now in their tenth week.

What to do if arrested, whether you should hand over your mobile phone, and the legal risks around trespassing were all discussed at the event.

Watch the video here.

HKJA statement on August 5 general strike call

The Hong Kong Journalists Association has issued the following statement regarding the call for a general strike in Hong Kong on Monday, August 5.

Read the statement here.

HKJA and HKPPA issue statement on police violence

The Hong Kong Journalists Association and the Hong Kong Press Photographers Association issued the following statement over the police targeting of journalists after violence at a protest outside Kwai Chung police station on Tuesday, July 30.

https://www.hkja.org.hk/en/statements/joint-statement-by-hong-kong-press-photographers-association-and-hong-kong-journalists-association/

Amnesty International Hong Kong

Amnesty International issues statement over rioting charges

Amnesty warns that rioting charges brought against 44 protestors was a “chilling warning” to anyone considering taking part in future protests.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/07/hong-kong-charges-protesters-chilling-warning/