East Asian Political Society of the Claremont Colleges

10/01/2022

Honored to hear .cky speak about his activism and HK’s strategic/economic role in US-China politics! .us

09/28/2022

TOMORROW Sunny Cheung, Hong Kong activist living in exile will speak in person on HK’s role in US-Chinese competition

All are welcome!

9/29 at Rose Hills Theatre, Pomona College

Sunny is a MA candidate in John Hopkins SAIS, and visiting fellow in the National Sun Yat-sen University, School of Social Sciences.

He testified before Congress, sharing his activism and analysis of HK-China relations, and an advisor of HKDC, the Hong Kong Democratic Council.

10/06/2021

We have our first meeting today! For more info, message us!

If you signed up to our club during the club fair but have not received any emails, please message our page too :)

See you all then!

01/06/2021

//The Hong Kong police arrested dozens of elected pro-democracy officials and activists early Wednesday for organizing an informal primary, in the largest roundup yet under the new national security law imposed by Beijing to quash dissent.

The mass arrests— which included figures who had called for aggressive confrontation with the authorities and those who had supported more moderate tactics — underscored government officials’ efforts to weaken any meaningful opposition in the city’s political institutions.

marked the largest roundup yet under the security law, which the central Chinese government imposed on Hong Kong in June to quash dissent after months of fierce anti-Beijing protests.//

The officials and activists were detained under the national security law for their efforts to choose candidates to run in the city’s legislative elections.

10/03/2020

The 12 Hong Kongers have been held for 41 days, with no news of their current state.

The group was reportedly trying to reach Taiwan when mainland authorities picked them up on August 23.

09/20/2020

🚨 reminder: info session in 9 hours! 🚨

Claremont/PDT: 9/20 (SUN) 5-6pm
New York/EST: 9/20 (SUN) 8-9pm
HK/China/Taiwan: 9/21 (MON) 8-9am

Google meets link (just click in here when time comes!): https://meet.google.com/mvu-atfa-iag

can't wait to see you all there!

09/19/2020

At an event hosted by the Pomona College Model United Nations...

J. Stapleton Roy, who served as U.S. envoy to China from 1991 to 1995, made the remarks during a Zoom session with Pomona University’s Model United Nations.

09/14/2020

Find out what we have lined up for this semester!

- Professional student-produced documentaries on Hong Kong
- Discussions on protest strategies
- US-China relations

Drop in ANYTIME between 5-6pm to chat with HKPS members!

Time Zones:
HK/China/Taiwan: 9/21 (MON) 8-9am
Claremont/PDT: 9/20 (SUN) 5-6pm
New York/EST: 9/20 (SUN) 8-9pm

Google meets link (just click in here when time comes!): https://meet.google.com/mvu-atfa-iag

09/13/2020