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The Chinese and Hong Kong governments criticised the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence for including the Black Bauhinia flag in a video it posted on Twitter on 18 December 2022. In the video, the Ukrainian government thanked the foreign volunteers in the international legion for fighting against invading Russian forces . [ 4 ]
Using such symbols is illegal in Mainland China and Hong Kong. The relevant laws in Hong Kong are Articles 21, 23, 27 and 29 of the Hong Kong National Security Law and sections 9 and 10(1) of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200).
Flag Date Use Description 1 July 1997–present: Flag of Hong Kong: A white, five-petal Bauhinia blakeana on a red field with 1 star on each of the petals. [1] The Chinese name of Bauhinia × blakeana has also been frequently shortened as 紫荊/紫荆 (洋 yáng means "foreign" in Chinese, and this would be deemed inappropriate by the PRC government), although 紫荊/紫荆 refers to another ...
2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council mass resignations; 2020 Hong Kong national security law; 25 August 2019 Hong Kong protest; Anti-parallel trading protests; Art of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests; Black Bauhinia flag; Blitzchung controversy; COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong; Causes of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests; Controversies of the ...
Using such symbols is illegal in Mainland China and Hong Kong. The relevant laws in Hong Kong are Articles 21, 23, 27 and 29 of the Hong Kong National Security Law and sections 9 and 10(1) of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200).
Using such symbols is illegal in Mainland China and Hong Kong. The relevant laws in Hong Kong are Articles 21, 23, 27 and 29 of the Hong Kong National Security Law and sections 9 and 10(1) of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200).
However, when Hong Kong hosted the 2009 East Asian games, three flags (the Hong Kong flag, the PRC flag, and the East Asian Games Association flag) were raised, with the Hong Kong flag on the left, the EAGA flag the same size on the right, and the PRC flag larger and higher than both flags in the centre, thus making the EAGA flag smaller than ...
Date: Approved on 10 August 1996, used since 1 July 1997: Source: Own work by Mike Rohsopht based on File:GB16689-2004.pdf and Regional Flag and Regional Emblem Ordinance: Author ...