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The top U.S. diplomat in Hong Kong said the imposition of a new national security law had created an "atmosphere of coercion" that threatens both the city's freedoms and its standing as an ... ( read original story ...)

New guidelines continue China’s crackdown on freedoms since the city’s 2019 democracy protests ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing has broken its legal obligations by undermining Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy and used a national security law to "drastically curtail freedoms" in the global financial hub, according to ... ( read original story ...)

Merlin Swire’s appointment as chair of the storied Hong Kong trading house in 2018, which bears his family’s name, was billed as the beginning of the group’s “next chapter”. The 47-year-old was the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's government criticised the European Union on Thursday after the bloc denounced a major overhaul of the city's political system as a breach by China of its international commitments. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong will allow children age 12 and above to receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as it seeks to boost immunization rates in the city ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong and Singapore will review in July plans to open a travel bubble, their governments said on Thursday, after the proposal was derailed for a second time in May due to a spike of coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)

Semi-autonomous Hong Kong has no sales tax, but over in China, punitive taxes provide a powerful incentive for the smuggling of luxury goods - Copyright AFP Nicolas ASFOURIKatherine CHENG, Jerome ... ( read original story ...)

Andy Lau plays a bomb-disposal officer in this old-school action thriller with tricksy, Infernal Affairs-esque storytelling ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong government advisory panel suggested the city could shorten hotel quarantine periods for some fully-vaccinated inbound passengers, in what would mark an easing of some of the world’s ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong stocks opened slightly higher on Thursday morning following another weak lead from Wall Street, while traders kept tabs on China-US ties ... ( read original story ...)

The European Union denounced on Wednesday Hong Kong's major overhaul of its political system as a breach by China of its international commitments and threatened to send a delegation to visit the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has some of the priciest real estate in the world and that unfortunately extends to the parking bay for most of the luxury condominiums there. Already possessing the record for the world’s ... ( read original story ...)

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