Month: November 2016

British banker Rurik Jutting was today found guilty of the sadistic murder of two prostitutes at his Hong Kong flat. The 31-year-old faces a mandatory life sentence after being convicted at a trial that featured horrific video evidence of rape and torture. ( read original story ...)

BEIJING - China's top legislature effectively barred two democratically elected separatist lawmakers from taking office in Hong Kong with a ruling Monday on the city's constitution, an intervention into a local political dispute that's likely to spark ... ( read original story ...)

A ruling by China's parliament that effectively bars two Hong Kong pro-independence politicians from taking office sparks outrage. Paul Chapman reports. The Chinese parliament's passing of its own interpretation of Hong Kong's Basic Law is Beijing's most ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING, China - China's top legislature took the rare step Monday of intervening directly in a local Hong Kong political dispute by effectively barring two legally elected separatist lawmakers from taking office, setting the stage for further turmoil in ... ( read original story ...)

Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching, who were elected to Hong Kong’s legislative council in September, were told they had been blocked from their new roles after refusing to swear allegiance to Beijing, leaving Hong Kong to grapple with a severe legislative ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong: Hong Kong's leader said Monday that he would "fully implement" a ruling by Beijing which effectively bars two elected pro-independence lawmakers from the city's legislature after they deliberately misread their oaths of office. An oath that did ... ( read original story ...)

China’s parliament has passed a ruling that in effect bars two elected Hong Kong pro-independence politicians from taking office, Beijing’s most direct intervention in the territory’s legal and political system since the 1997 handover. The National ... ( read original story ...)

Officials in Kowloon East, Hong Kong’s designated test ground for smart city development, are seeking the public’s views on a proposed framework for the area. Four “proof of concept” trials for smart city solutions will be carried out progressively ... ( read original story ...)

When it became clear that the Chinese government had forcibly kidnapped five Chinese sellers of potboiler political books – apprehending them in Hong Kong, during visits to the mainland, and, in the case of Gui Minhai, while vacationing in Thailand ... ( read original story ...)

The ruling is expected to bar two activist lawmakers from taking office in Hong Kong. The prospect of the ruling had sparked protests in the former British territory that returned to Chinese rule in 1997. The official Xinhua news agency reported that China ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's government will fully implement the interpretation, said Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, the Beijing-backed leader of the semiautonomous Chinese region. He told a packed news briefing in Hong Kong that the Youngspiration duo had not only ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG – The Chinese legislature's decision to intervene in the exclusion of two Hong Kong legislators has underscored Beijing's determination to ensure its control over the semi-autonomous region's political life. Here is a look at recent events and ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING—China’s top legislature effectively barred two democratically elected separatist lawmakers from taking office in Hong Kong with a ruling Monday on the city’s constitution, an intervention into a local political dispute that’s likely to ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong: Thousands took to Hong Kong’s streets Sunday after Beijing said it would step into an escalating row over whether two city lawmakers who advocate a split from China should be banned from taking up their seats. The protest follows an ongoing ... ( read original story ...)