Tensions are rising between Washington and Beijing, as U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that he believed that a "mistake" in China was the cause of the spreading coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Set for Deeper Economic Slump as Companies Shed Jobs
Hong Kong is on course for a recession potentially worse than the Asian financial crisis of the 1990s, with the trade-dependent city expected to reveal Monday that the slump deepened markedly in the ... ( read original story ...)
Mainland Chinese Buyers Disappear From Hong Kong Real Estate
Mainland Chinese buyers are shying away from real estate in Hong Kong as the coronavirus pandemic clouds the economic outlook and keeps investors from traveling to the city. No commercial property ... ( read original story ...)
Clock Runs Out on Troubled Hong Kong Businesses as Court Reopens
With plenty of Hong Kong companies on their last legs, landlords, suppliers and other creditors are eager to collect on unpaid bills. For three months, there’s been no relief: the court that presides ... ( read original story ...)
In Hong Kong, Protesters Embrace ‘Chinese Virus’ to Snub Communist Party Censors, Not Stir Racism
Many members of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement have continued to stand firm on speaking of it that way, mostly just shrugging off the criticism. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Chan Warns City Could Face Deepest Slump on Record
Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan warned the city could be hit by its worst economic slump on record even as authorities prepare to ease some lockdown measures amid signs the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong calls foreign criticism of crackdown on pro-democracy figures ‘irresponsible’
Hong Kong’s government calls allegations from the US, UK and European parliament ‘totally unfounded’ ... ( read original story ...)
Police Disperse Hong Kong Protesters Defying Virus Curbs
Hong Kong police deployed pepper spray to disperse protesters congregated at a shopping mall Friday, as tensions in the city mount following a lull during the coronavirus outbreak. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police use pepper spray to clear May Day protest
Hong Kong police have used pepper spray to disperse more than 100 protesters singing and chanting pro-democracy slogans in a shopping mall ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s airsoft warriors play war game based on WWII Operation Winter Storm
In Hong Kong’s New Territories, war-gaming enthusiasts gathered with replica guns to fight out a historically inspired mission based on the 1942 World War II battle Operation Winter Storm. The event ... ( read original story ...)
Talking Horses: packed provisional schedule planned plus Hong Kong tips
A series of rearranged Classic trials and Pattern races have been scheduled for the last two weekends in May if racing is allowed to resume ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong airport trials a disinfection booth that ‘can remotely kill viruses in 40 SECONDS
Hong Kong International Airport is the first place in the world to use the CLeanTech sanitation pods and they are currently being utilised by key workers such as public health staff. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Protesters, Police Clash Again After Lull Brought by Coronavirus
Riot police used pepper spray to clear demonstrators from a shopping mall, the first confrontation in months as the city’s antigovernment movement sought to revive protests after a break during the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police spray tear gas in protest at shopping mall
Hong Kong police used pepper spray on Friday to disperse over a hundred protesters in a shopping mall who were singing and chanting pro-democracy slogans. The ... ( read original story ...)