China's one-year loan prime rate (LPR) and five-year LPR were both left unchanged at 3.85% and 4.65%, respectively, on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Nicole Kidman Slammed After Skipping Hong Kong Quarantine for Amazon’s ‘Expats’ Shoot
The Australian actress was able to skirt the city's strict seven-day hotel quarantine for arrivals from Australia. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Nicole Kidman skips quarantine to film Amazon series
Hong Kong has some of the toughest Covid-19 quarantine rules on the planet, capturing everyone from journalists to Olympic athletes. Not Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman, however. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protests: student, construction worker jailed for up to 40 months over petrol bomb stash
City University undergraduate Cheng Kam-fai, 22, sentenced to 40 months’ prison while construction worker Wong Kin-ki, 21, gets 3 years. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Reimposes Strict Covid Measures. What It Means for the Economy.
Just before reverting to its strict travel policies, Hong Kong had revised upwards its 2021 GDP growth forecast. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reportedly lets Nicole Kidman skip Covid quarantine
Actor said to be given exemption to film Amazon TV series, as territory braces for tougher travel rules ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong grants quarantine exemption to Nicole Kidman
Hong Kong’s government says it has granted a quarantine exemption to an individual to perform “designated professional work” following reports that Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman did not have to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Students Charged With ‘Advocating Terrorism’ Denied Bail
Four Hong Kong student leaders charged with "advocating terrorism" after their union passed a motion last month mourning the death of a 50-year-old who stabbed a policeman before killing himself were ... ( read original story ...)
China’s planned anti-sanctions law for Hong Kong unsettles financial sector
Global banks and other financial institutions in Hong Kong are scrambling to find out details of China's planned imposition of an anti-sanctions law on the city, and trying to understand how it could ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police seize meth, heroin worth $25 million
Hong Kong police say they have seized 195 million Hong Kong dollars ($25 million) worth of illegal drugs as part of a monthslong investigation, the largest seizure of the year ... ( read original story ...)
Report: Hong Kong activists plead guilty to protest charges
Seven Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have reportedly pleaded guilty Thursday to organizing and inciting others to take part in an unauthorized assembly held in 2019 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Sees First Guilty Pleas Under National Security Law
A pair of Hong Kong men pleaded guilty to foreign collusion charges linked to the case against media tycoon Jimmy Lai, illustrating the pressure local activists face to admit wrongdoing under a ... ( read original story ...)
Citizen Lab finds Apple’s China censorship process bleeds into Hong Kong and Taiwan
Despite Apple not having any legal obligation to perform political censorship in Taiwan, it has done so anyway. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Student leaders on ‘terrorism’ charge
Four Hong Kong students who expressed sadness over the death of a man who attacked a police officer have been arrested for “advocating terrorism”.The offence c ... ( read original story ...)