Transnational Repression: The Case of Hong Kong

Wong, KH

Transnational Repression: The Case of Hong Kong

Wong, KH

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dc.contributor.author	Wong, KH
dc.date.accessioned	2025-12-14T02:10:18Z
dc.date.available	2025-12-14T02:10:18Z
dc.date.issued	2025-12-09
dc.identifier.citation	2025
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/190923
dc.description.abstract	On 2 December 2025, the Hong Kong government banned two overseas political organisations from operating in the city: the Hong Kong Parliament, and the Hong Kong Democratic Independence Union, whose members were elected to the self-styled parliament-in-exile. The parliament traces its roots to the Hong Kong Parliament Electoral Organizing Committee, established in Canada in 2022, which held its first global election in 2025 and selected 15 representatives. The decision to outlaw these groups marks a significant escalation in the government’s efforts to suppress alternative political identities and reflects a deepening pattern of civil-liberties restrictions and transnational repression. This paper argues that transnational repression originates from China's distorted claim to Hong Kong's sovereignty and suggests that the British government can help Hongkongers by providing land to build a new Hong Kong as a Crown Dependency on British soil.
dc.language	en
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.title	Transnational Repression: The Case of Hong Kong
dc.type	Presentation
utslib.location.activity	RES Hub, Level 5, Building 1 & 2, UTS, 15 Broadway, Ultimo, NSW 2007
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Communication
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/Science Related HDR Students
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2025-12-14T02:10:08Z

Abstract:

On 2 December 2025, the Hong Kong government banned two overseas political organisations from operating in the city: the Hong Kong Parliament, and the Hong Kong Democratic Independence Union, whose members were elected to the self-styled parliament-in-exile. The parliament traces its roots to the Hong Kong Parliament Electoral Organizing Committee, established in Canada in 2022, which held its first global election in 2025 and selected 15 representatives. The decision to outlaw these groups marks a significant escalation in the government’s efforts to suppress alternative political identities and reflects a deepening pattern of civil-liberties restrictions and transnational repression. This paper argues that transnational repression originates from China's distorted claim to Hong Kong's sovereignty and suggests that the British government can help Hongkongers by providing land to build a new Hong Kong as a Crown Dependency on British soil.

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