top of page
events-bnr.jpg

IN THE NEWS

Fox Business

2/20/2023

CFHK Foundation's Mark Clifford spoke to Maria Bartiromo about the China threat. Mark discussed the recent surveillance balloons, the potential meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi in Munich, and the disappearance of the CEO of China Renaissance, Bao Fan. 

Hong Kong Skyline

TalkTV

2/18/2023

CFHK Foundation’s Mark Sabah spoke to TalkTV to discuss a speech made by Liz Truss, former British Prime Minister, regarding China. Mark discussed the rise of China and the UK’s lack of a coherent China policy, the recent cancellation of a visit to the UK by the Governor of Xinjiang (an individual banned in the US), Mark also raised the case of Jimmy Lai and the destruction of freedoms in Hong Kong under the National Security law.

shane-rounce-YTDATZz_q1M-unsplash (1).jpg

CapX

02/13/2023

Mark Sabah reported in CapX about how the Online Safety Bill could allow the UK government to set up a surveillance state. He believes it would put Hong Kongers seeking refuge at risk, and urges that legitimate worries be considered when the bill returns to Parliament.

website 4.jpg

Daily Business

02/20/2023

According to Daily Business, EU-owned BrewDog has entered a joint venture with Budweiser China. This joint venture is hypocritical especially after BrewDog’s attempts to shame Fifa and Qatar over its record on human rights at the World Cup last year. "If they are going to be calling out human rights abuses in Qatar, they should be doing the same in China," stated CFHK Foundation’s, Mark Sabah.

Forbes

02/08/2023

CFHK Foundation's Olivia Enos wrote in Forbes about how the global community should respond to the trial of the Hong Kong 47. Mrs Enos urged the international community to stand in solidarity with the individuals who are wrongfully imprisoned and to defend those who are unlawfully on trial in Hong Kong.

5.jpg

The Scotsman

01/21/2023

CFHK Foundation’s Mark Clifford commented in The Scotsman, "Scottish universities’ Confucius Institutes are promoting trade and investment while students in Hong Kong are being imprisoned for peaceful protest and speaking the truth" after Glasgow University's Confucius Institute sponsored yet another China-Britain Business Council annual awards ceremony.

elnaz-asadi-RczTV4UAkw0-unsplash.jpg

TalkTV

02/07/2023

CFHK Foundation's Megan Khoo spoke about the Chinese Communist Party’s spy balloon that was spotted over the US. “It doesn’t take a balloon to see the CCP’s infiltration over the US and UK. It is preposterous that James Cleverly and Rishi Sunak have not spoken out about this at all,” declared Ms Khoo.

joshua-lawrence-JVGTqlWtZEQ-unsplash.jpg

The Epoch Times

02/08/2023

After the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hong Kong released its banking report, which the CFHK Foundation contributed to, the CFHK Foundation’s Mark Clifford told The Epoch Times, “The behaviour of British banks is cruel towards the people who have left Hong Kong and simply want to start a new life."

The Times

01/17/2023

Following former British Supreme Court judge Lord Sumption's attendance at the opening of Hong Kong's legal year, the CFHK Foundation’s Mark Clifford told The Times that Sumption's presence "gives credibility to a government that is waging warfare against its own citizens."

website 3.jpg

The Scotsman

01/21/2023

CFHK Foundation’s Mark Clifford commented in The Scotsman, "Scottish universities’ Confucius Institutes are promoting trade and investment while students in Hong Kong are being imprisoned for peaceful protest and speaking the truth" after Glasgow University's Confucius Institute sponsored yet another China-Britain Business Council annual awards ceremony.

twitter -TheCFHK-NewYork-Projections-DroneStills-1.jpg

The Daily Beast

12/20/2022

CFHK Foundation's Mark Clifford discussed how Apple Daily's Founder Jimmy Lai became the Chinese Communist Party's adversary with Matt Lewis on The Daily Beast. He called for an end to Beijing's campaign against Hong Kong's freedom.

Christmas Cards

The National Catholic Register

12/23/2022

The National Catholic Register featured the CFHK Foundation's "Postcards for Jimmy" campaign which involves schoolchildren sending Jimmy Lai Christmas cards in prison from around the world. Luke Schwartz, a 10-year old who participated, said, "Mr. Lai is a strong man for standing up for the people of Hong Kong. I'm happy I could do something to make him smile."

CBN News

12/02/2022

CFHK Foundation’s Olivia Enos spoke to CBN News about the recent protests in China and the use of technology to monitor those taking part. Enos stated: “I can’t underscore this enough, how much bravery it takes for Chinese people to take to the streets. The Chinese Party is notorious for using technology…one particular application would mark activities as suspicious…those types of suspicions could be grounds for being sent to these political re-education camps.”

file1 (1).jpeg

iNews

12/04/2022

CFHK Foundation’s Mark Clifford was quoted in iNews, commenting on the reaction from Hong Kong officials on the “white paper” demonstration in Hong Kong to show solidarity with the protests that broke out in China on the 27th of November, Clifford stated, “it shows the authorities are determined to snuff out even the smallest acts of resistance.”

DSC09857.JPG

Financial Times

11/29/2022

CFHK Foundation’s Tara Joseph told The Financial Times that the appeal from Beijing to block Timothy Owen from defending Jimmy Lai “goes exactly against the grain of what the Hong Kong government preaches about the city’s unique qualities. Hong Kong has always said it was open to international barristers and judges. This just flies in the face of that ideal it espoused.” 

221024_NYC_Broadway-21.jpg

The Times Red Box

11/29/2022

Damian Green MP and CFHK Foundation’s Mark Clifford urged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary James Cleverly to “grapple with how to respond to China’s increasingly erratic aggression.” In The Times Red Box, they wrote that it is now “vital that democratic countries remain committed to holding China to account, now is the perfect time for Sunak to harden the government’s position on China.” 

Hong Kong Free Press

11/26/2022

Following a Hong Kong court charging Cardinal Zen for helping pro-democracy protesters, CFHK Foundation’s Frances Hui told the Hong Kong Free Press how she recalled him as a very gentle and caring figure. “He taught us at a young age, ‘Fret not, for God has his plans.’ That built up my confidence in life. Some of my acquaintances who aren’t religious are moved by his dedication. He could have stepped back, but he stayed true to his words even at such an old age,” she said. 

220920_NYC_GUGGENHEIM-18.jpg

Japan Forward

11/28/2022

CFHK Foundation’s Mark Clifford told Japan Forward that Jimmy Lai’s trial “holds little hope for justice” and will become “another marker in the dismantling of the rule of law in Hong Kong.”  

bottom of page