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"Glory to Hong Kong" (Chinese: 願榮光歸香港; Jyutping: jyun6 wing4 gwong1 gwai1 hoeng1 gong2; Cantonese Yale: Yuhn Wìhnggwōng Gwāi Hēunggóng) is a protest anthem that was composed and written by a musician under the pseudonym "Thomas dgx yhl", with the contribution of a group of Hongkonger netizens from the online forum LIHKG during ...
God Save the Queen (God Save the King from 1901 to 1941 and from 1945 to 1952), the national anthem of British Hong Kong before it became a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China in 1997. Glory to Hong Kong, a protest song widely associated with the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, viewed by many as an unofficial anthem.
When Vancent Zhu heard that supporters of the Hong Kong protest movement would be gathering at a shopping mall in Richmond, near Vancouver, to sing their de facto anthem Glory to Hong Kong, he ...
It was the first time a song has been banned in the city since Britain handed the territory back to Chinese rule in 1997. Critics have said prohibiting broadcast or distribution of the song further reduces freedom of expression since Beijing launched a crackdown in Hong Kong following the 2019 protests. They have also warned the ban might ...
[1] [2] The national anthem of the People's Republic of China is protected by statute in Hong Kong under the National Anthem Ordinance. [3] Throughout the history of Hong Kong, the anthem of the ruling sovereign state has always been adopted for use in an official capacity and played on occasions such as major sporting events or ceremonies.
MOUNTAIN VIEW/HONG KONG (Reuters) -Alphabet's YouTube on Tuesday said it would comply with a court decision and block access inside Hong Kong to 32 video links deemed prohibited content, in what ...
The first three measures of the chorus of this song were used repeatedly as background music in Hong Kong 97, an infamous bootleg Super Famicom game released in 1995. [2] The game, whose plot involved the handover of Hong Kong in 1997, had a strong anti-communist sentiment, and therefore, the song was used sarcastically .
"This will get people really worried about how free Hong Kong’s internet will be like tomorrow," he said. Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law in 2020 to quell the months-long unrest.