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Banned and restricted books in Hong Kong

626 titles have been banned or restricted in Hong Kong, recorded across 627 dated, source-cited events, most often for political content.

Titles
626
Ban events
627
Top reason
Political content
Decades active
2

Most-restricted titles

TitleAuthorYearEvents
Prisoner of the StateZhao Ziyang20092
People's Republic of AmnesiaLouisa Lim20141
On the Hong Kong City-StateWan Chin20111
Hong Kong NationalismHKU Undergrad / HKUSU20151
The Future of Constitutionalism in Hong KongBenny Tai20151
I Am Not a KidJoshua Wong20171
I Am Not a HeroJoshua Wong20181
My Journeys for Food and JusticeTanya Chan20181
Under the Keystone: 18 Years in PoliticsMargaret Ng20161
An Oral History of the Democratic Movement of Hong Kong in the 1980sMa Ngok20121
Big Rivers Going to the EastSzeto Wah20111
The Inside Information of the Bloody Crackdown on Tiananmen on June 4Wu Renhua20091
There Is a Kind of Happiness Called ForgettingRoy Kwong20171
Wei jing de kuai le shi dai : Xianggang min zhu hui gui shi dai jing shen shiCheng'en Xu1
The Tiananmen PapersZhang Liang20011
Tiananmen Square, spring 1989 : a chronology of the Chinese democracy movementHan, John., Li, Theodore.1
Beyond Tiananmen : the politics of U.S.-China relations, 1989-2000Robert Suettinger20031
Almost a revolutionMarianne., Shen, Tong., Yen19901
The Tiananmen Square massacreKelly Barth1
Chaos Under Heaven : the Shocking Story of China's Search for DemocracyGordon Thomas1
Chinese Democracy after TiananmenYijiang Ding1
1997.9977Hai, Wang1
China's students : the struggle for democracyRuth Cherrington19911
After the Fall : 1989 and the Future of FreedomGeorge Katsiaficas1
The dragons of Tiananmen : Beijing as a sacred cityJeffrey F. Meyer1
China since Tiananmen : the politics of transitionJoseph Fewsmith20011
Lee Kuan Yew on China and Hongkong after TiananmenLee, Lee Kuan Yew19911
Lili : a novel of TiananmenBan., Wang20011
Worm-eaten hinges : tensions and turmoil in Shanghai, 1988-9Joan Grant1
The power of Tiananmen : state-society relations and the 1989 Beijing student movementDingxin Zhao20011

Stated reasons

Political content
627
Immorality
1

By decade

1920s1
2020s626

Documented bans

A sample of 50 of 627 recorded events, most severe and most recent first. Each links to its source where available.

Yu zhong de Xianggang2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Gui gu san da : 50 pian xuan yi ling yi ge an jie mi2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Ling yi yue gui : yi jing mi tu xiao pin chao duan pian2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Zhongguo zhi shi fen zi lun wang shi : zai gong ming he zi you zhi jian de zheng zha yu kang zheng2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Zhong gong mi mi dang an2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Tai zi dang meng zhu zhi zhan2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Hu Wen feng xian, 20052024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Jin quan tai zi dang2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Can zhuo shang de Zhong gong ling xiu2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Mao Zedong he ta de nu ren men2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Zou zhu qiao. Er = Snapshots across Hong Kong. II2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Yi xiang Gang hai : yuan gui lai reng shi shao nian : 30 ge yi min jia ting de jiao yang li xian ji2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Mo ri lian xi : Liao Weitang duan pian xiao shuo ji2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Zui hou de xin yang : xin wen lun li shi er jiang2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Luan liu : lang hua shui di de bo dou2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Er qian ling si shi qi ye2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Zuo jian qing xu xue2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Zi li qiu jian : ming jiu ming, wu ming jiu li ming2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Ri chang yun dong2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Di di2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Qiao zhong zhe yan: Zhu Yaoming mu shi hui yi lu2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Xiang gang shi wo jia. dan yuan yi, Xianggang shi he di2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Wei jing de kuai le shi dai : Xianggang min zhu hui gui shi dai jing shen shi2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
The Tiananmen Papers2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Tiananmen Square, spring 1989 : a chronology of the Chinese democracy movement2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Beyond Tiananmen : the politics of U.S.-China relations, 1989-20002023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Almost a revolution2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
The Tiananmen Square massacre2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Chaos Under Heaven : the Shocking Story of China's Search for Democracy2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Chinese Democracy after Tiananmen2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
1997.99772023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
China's students : the struggle for democracy2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
After the Fall : 1989 and the Future of Freedom2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
The dragons of Tiananmen : Beijing as a sacred city2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
China since Tiananmen : the politics of transition2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Lee Kuan Yew on China and Hongkong after Tiananmen2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Lili : a novel of Tiananmen2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Worm-eaten hinges : tensions and turmoil in Shanghai, 1988-92023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
The power of Tiananmen : state-society relations and the 1989 Beijing student movement2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Behind the Tiananmen Massacre : Social, Political, and Economic Ferment in China2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Beijing Spring 1989: Confrontation and Conflict - The Basic Documents2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Quelling the People : The Military Suppression of the Beijing Democracy Movement2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
China : from the Long March to Tiananmen Square2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
China live : two decades in the heart of the dragon2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Tiananmen exiles : voices of the struggle for democracy in China2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
The factual account of a search for the June 4 victims2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Chinese society on the eve of Tiananmen : the impact of reform2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Hong Kong's social movements : forces from the margins2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Cries For Democracy : Writings and Speeches from the Chinese Democracy Movement2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Summer of betrayal : a novel2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
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