Five years ago, on the eve of the Lunar New Year, Hong Kong authorities arrested about 50 people when crowds tried to protect street hawkers selling fishballs in the bustling Kowloon neighborhood of ... ( read original story ...)
Blinken Presses China on Xinjiang, Hong Kong in Call With Beijing’s Top Diplomat
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi in a phone call on Friday the United States will stand up for human rights and democratic values in Xinjiang, Tibet and ... ( read original story ...)
Blinken Presses China On Uighurs, Hong Kong In First Call
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed Beijing on its treatment of Uighurs, Tibetans and Hong Kong in the first conversation between top officials of the two powers since President Joe Biden ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s arrested protesters now face years of fear and limbo
More than 10,000 were arrested after pro-democracy protests in 2019. While the world deals with COVID, they've languished in a grueling trial process. ( read original story ...)
Sweeping new rules bring China’s national security law into Hong Kong classrooms
The new guidelines will come as a blow to many parents in Hong Kong who have long feared a Beijing-led overhaul of education in the city. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Orders National Security Lessons for Elementary Students
Children as young as six in Hong Kong will be subjected to lessons on national security as China seeks greater control over the minds of the city’s youth, which it blamed for fueling antigovernment ... ( read original story ...)
A Talking Owl and Cheery Sounds: Children’s Video Targets Dissent in Hong Kong
The government unveiled an animated video about the national security law as part of a broader curriculum overhaul for schools. ( read original story ...)
Tencent-backed Kuaishou more than doubles in Hong Kong debut after $5.4 billion IPO
Kuaishou Technology more than doubled in its Hong Kong stock market debut on Friday, becoming the fifth-largest listed company in the city, driven by massive demand from mom-and-pop investors for the ... ( read original story ...)
Tiktok rival Kuaishou surges 160% in $5.3 billion Hong Kong debut
Kuaishou raised 41.28 billion Hong Kong dollars ($5.32 billion) from the initial public offering (IPO) after pricing its shares at 115 Hong Kong dollars each. ( read original story ...)
TikTok Rival’s Stock Nearly Triples in Hong Kong Debut
Shares in Kuaishou nearly tripled from their IPO price in early trading, implying a market value of more than $160 billion, versus nearly $61 billion when the share sale was priced. ( read original story ...)
‘No room for debate or compromise’ as Hong Kong introduces sweeping national security rules for schools
Hong Kong has introduced sweeping new restrictions for how schools operate, months after the Beijing government imposed a new national security law giving authorities wide-ranging powers to crack down ... ( read original story ...)
‘Let’s learn about national security’: Hong Kong rewrites school rules
Animation features an owl teaching young children about the need for the controversial law in crackdown on education ... ( read original story ...)
Kuaishou stock pops 160% in Hong Kong IPO
Kuaishou's stock more than doubled in value Friday as the TikTok-like video app scored the world's biggest IPO since the coronavirus pandemic began. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong unveils national security guidelines for children aged six and above
Hong Kong has unveiled controversial guidelines for schools in the Chinese-ruled city that include teaching students as young as six about colluding with foreign forces and subversion as part of a new ... ( read original story ...)