Hong Kong will launch a new round of its virus relief fund, as the city’s economy continues to suffer from a recession that was prompted by pro-democracy protests and worsened throughout the global ... ( read original story ...)
Boat people who fled Hong Kong are criminals, insists Beijing
China has “criminally detained” 12 Hong Kong residents who tried to flee to Taiwan, Beijing declared yesterday.The news came as it emerged that the US ambassador to China will “retire” next month and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Says It Will Not Interfere With China’s Arrest of 12 at Sea
The 12 were arrested on Aug. 23 for illegal entry into mainland China after setting off from Hong Kong in a boat bound for self-ruled Taiwan following a crackdown by Beijing on pro-democracy activists ... ( read original story ...)
US State Department tells Americans to reconsider travel to Hong Kong
New guidance warns that Beijing’s national security law poses ‘heightened risk of arrest, detention, expulsion or prosecution’ for visitors to Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
Woman taken to hospital as blaze engulfs about 60 golf carts in Hong Kong’s Discovery Bay
Fire broke out at the parking bays of golf club on the resort-like complex’s Bijou Drive at about 8.30pm Carts, which can cost a small fortune to buy, are used by residents to get around the ... ( read original story ...)
Rare dolphins return to Hong Kong after ferry traffic was halted due to coronavirus
Pacific humpback dolphins, also know as white dolphins or pink dolphins, have returned to parts of the Pearl River Delta in Hong Kong — and their resurgence is being attributed to the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Siemens’ CEO criticises Beijing’s Hong Kong, Xinjiang policies, but firm ‘still committed’ to China
On allegations of human rights abuses in Xinjiang, CEO Joe Kaeser says ‘we should neither tolerate all of this in our companies nor accept it without consequences’. ( read original story ...)
Are The US And China Tensions Affecting Business?
From a legal perspective, we still see the secure connection between the countries as they work together to successfully conduct business exchanges. ( read original story ...)
Factbox: Trade, climate, Hong Kong to dominate EU-China video summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, along with the EU's chief executive and chairman, hold challenging discussions on issues including trade, climate change and human ... ( read original story ...)
Senior HSBC mainland China banker defects to Bank of America
Former senior HSBC mainland China banker Zhang Wenjie has jumped to Bank of America as a managing director and president of China, helping the Charlotte, North Carolina-headquartered bank navigate the ... ( read original story ...)
UN Rights Chief Decries Racism in US, Keeps Eye on Hong Kong
The U.N. human rights chief has appealed for “urgent and profound action to combat systemic racism” in the United States. ( read original story ...)
Lawyers pressured as China labels Hong Kong fugitives ‘separatists’
Concerns were growing Monday for the fate of a group of Hong Kongers in mainland custody after a senior Chinese official declared them "separatists" and lawyers were pressured to drop them as clients. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong start-up Aurabeat’s lab-tested purifier rids the air of 99.9 per cent of Covid-19 viruses. Is it enough for the real world?
Aurabeat Technology, a Hong Kong Science and Technology Park start-up, has joined the crowded air purifying device market with what it claims to be the only product independently tested for its ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s mass Covid-19 screening uncovers six more carriers on final day of scheme
Hong Kong’s mass testing programme, taking the total number of cases uncovered to 32, the health authorities revealed on the scheme’s last day. The Centre for Health Protection said the city ... ( read original story ...)