Selina Cheng

Selina Cheng is a Hong Kong journalist, serving as chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) press union since July 2024. Cheng has investigated editorial wars between Wikipedia editors, political censorship in Hong Kong's libraries, the Hong Kong government's attempt to lobby the U.S. Congress, and Chinese asylum seekers in the United States. Cheng previously served as Hong Kong reporter for The Wall Street Journal covering China's energy and automobile sectors from 2022 to 2024. Cheng previously was a reporter at the Hong Kong Free Press and HK01.

Media unionism

Cheng joined the HKJA board in 2021. She assumed office on July 1.

On 17 July, Cheng was fired from the Wall Street Journal. She claimed her employer pressured her not to stand for election for chair of the union. The Journal has denied that Cheng's firing was related to her role at the HKJA. Statements were issued by Human Rights Watch, the Asian department of Georgetown University Law Center, the Asia chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China, Reporters Without Borders, Hong Kong’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club, NewsGuild, the Faculty of the Columbia Journalism School, and the HKJA.

The US-based Congressional-Executive Commission on China noted on its official Twitter account that it was "tracking concerns" about Cheng's firing.