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Cal Wong

Cal Wong is an award winning multimedia journalist based in Hong Kong.

Cal Wong is the Hong Kong Correspondent for The Diplomat’s China Power blog and an award winning multimedia journalist based in Hong Kong. His work has been featured on the BBC, Australia’s ABC, and Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post. In 2015 he won a Human Rights Press Award for a documentary he made on the universal suffrage movement in Hong Kong. Prior to writing, he worked as a banker and was a qualified Chartered Accountant in Australia before moving to Hong Kong.

Cal has always had an interest in the interaction of people, time and space and majored in Human Geography from Macquarie University as well as earning a master’s degree in Journalism from the JMSC at University of Hong Kong. Follow him on twitter @CallyFona

Posts by Cal Wong
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December 07, 2016

Hong Kong Ombudsman: Government Should Stop Stonewalling Digital News Outlets

By Cal Wong
The government's treatment of digital-only media outlets is criticized.
December 01, 2016

Beijing’s Interpretation of Hong Kong Basic Law to Apply Retroactively

By Cal Wong
The two legislators removed from office by Beijing's decision have their appeal rejected.

November 30, 2016

Hong Kong’s Richest Man Promises to Elect Someone Who Loves the City

By Cal Wong
The influential businessman pledges to put his vote on the Election Committee to good use.

November 29, 2016

China Protests Singapore’s Military Exercise With Taiwan

By Cal Wong
Singapore's Terrex Infantry Carrier Vehicles are held up in Hong Kong on their way back from an exercise in Taiwan.

November 22, 2016

US Considers Bill to Ensure Hong Kong’s Basic Freedoms

By Cal Wong
The bill would allow for sanctions on individuals responsible for rights violations in Hong Kong.
November 09, 2016

Hong Kong Lawyers Protest Beijing's Overreach

By Cal Wong
Over 2,000 lawyers staged a silent protest over Beijing's recent interpretation of Hong Kong's Basic Law.

November 07, 2016

China Bars Pro-Independence Legislators in Hong Kong

By Cal Wong
Hong Kong erupted with more violent protests as the decision came down.
November 01, 2016

Has Duterte Won a South China Sea Concession From China?

By Cal Wong
The Philippines' president may have pulled off the unthinkable.

October 27, 2016

Hong Kong Has Its First Contender for Next Chief Executive

By Cal Wong
Retired High Court judge Woo Kwok-hing becomes the first to officially declare his candidacy for the 2017 race.

October 19, 2016

Hong Kong's Executive and Legislative Branches Clash

By Cal Wong
Pro-Beijing legislators staged a walkout, preventing two localist legislators from being sworn in.

October 17, 2016

China Arrests Foreign Casino Employees in Latest Crackdown

By Cal Wong
Arrested for "gambling crimes," the 18 were involved in visa operations for a company helping Chinese go abroad to gamble.
October 13, 2016

Hong Kong Legislature Descends Into Chaos

By Cal Wong
Politicians from both the protest movement and the pro-Beijing camp fueled a combative swearing-in ceremony.

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