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China hunkers down today on the Lunar New Year's Eve. It's quiet, and cold. I mentioned on Friday that the lunar calendar always seems to call it right that this is the coldest snap of the year. That ... ( read original story ...)

A senior Hong Kong official has resigned after attending a karaoke birthday bash in violation of the city’s tough “zero-Covid’ guidelines, embarrassing the government of Carrie Lam as it was seeking ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong home affairs chief Caspar Tsui's resignation comes as UK PM Boris Johnson braces for the results of the Downing Street "partygate" probe. ( read original story ...)

A top Hong Kong official resigned Monday for attending a birthday party with about 200 guests in early January as the city was battling a coronavirus surge. At least one guests later tested positive, ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's leader has left open for more than five months a seat on the panel that selects the city's judges, three lawyers familiar with the situation said. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has never been closer to losing its Covid-Zero battle. As residents prepare for another Chinese New Year under Covid-19 restrictions, omicron seems to have gotten the better of the city’s ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong cabinet minister resigned on Monday for attending a birthday party alongside dozens of officials and lawmakers just days after the city's government had called on people to avoid large ... ( read original story ...)

A senior Hong Kong official resigned on Monday over his attendance at a karaoke birthday party during the city’s first Omicron variant Covid-19 outbreak. Caspar Tsui, the territory’s home affairs ... ( read original story ...)

A senior Hong Kong government official has resigned after attending a large birthday party that fueled complaints of double standards by authorities enforcing strict Covid-control measures. ( read original story ...)

When Hong Kong set a daily record of 164 Covid-19 infections last Thursday, officials were forced to confront the previously unthinkable: had the time finally come to dump the city’s “dynamic ... ( read original story ...)

A coalition of Christians and Catholics on Monday called on Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to drop charges against media tycoon Jimmy Lai and other political activists jailed or in custody under a ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Secretary for Home Affairs Caspar Tsui has resigned after he attended a birthday party for a top delegate to China’s top legislature which was ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's Secretary for Home Affairs Caspar Tsui, who recently attended the birthday party of a delegate to China's legislature, where two of the nearly 200 guests tested positive for COVID-19, ... ( read original story ...)

Overseas judges sitting in Hong Kong’s top court are not barred by their nationality from hearing controversial cases about Chinese national security, according to the city’s chief justice Andrew ... ( read original story ...)