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Hong Kong is locking down entire residential blocks without warning as part of a controversial new strategy to contain outbreaks of Covid-19. Over the past 10 days, squads of Hong Kong police officers ... ( read original story ...)

District councilors typically tended to mundane matters like pest control and new bus stops. Now, they’re the last line of defense in keeping the city’s pro-democracy opposition alive. ( read original story ...)

Ren Quanniu, who acted for one of the 12 people who tried to flee the territory by boat, has his licence revoked over ‘groundless’ accusations ... ( read original story ...)

Locals believe you should never toss out a statue of an old deity. So, for more than 30 years, one man has been collecting thousands of unwanted, abandoned gods on a hillside. ( read original story ...)

Chinese lawyer involved in defending a Hong Kong democracy activist charged with illegally leaving the territory said Tuesday he had lost his license. Ren Quanniu, who represented one of 12 people ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s retailers didn’t see much benefit from the key holiday shopping season, with sales plunging in December after the government tightened controls to combat a surge in virus cases ... ( read original story ...)

Yang Jiechi, China’s top diplomat, has warned the US not to interfere in Hong Kong and Xinjiang, after senior Biden administration officials criticised Beijing’s policies in both regions. In the first ... ( read original story ...)

It’s hard to believe just how quickly the vibrant city has changed since I first arrived in 2013 to perform a song at a protest. A blanket of fear covers it now ... ( read original story ...)

Thousands of Hong Kongers have already moved to Britain as Beijing tightens control over the former British colony. The British government expects more than 300,000 people to apply to its new ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong will extend social distancing measures for a further two weeks until after the Chinese New Year holiday and will impose stricter testing rules when cases of COVID-19 are detected. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai, the most high-profile person charged under the national security law, will remain in custody after the city's top court said it would announce its ... ( read original story ...)

Sky News host Chris Kenny says Hong Kong is “being eviscerated” before the world’s eyes as China continues to take full control of the city. ( read original story ...)

A senior Asia investment banker who previously worked at JPMorgan Chase has been acquitted of bribery charges connected to the bank’s hiring of well-connected Chinese “princelings” to win business in ... ( read original story ...)

Tom Moore, the 100-year-old veteran who raised more than £33m for Britain’s NHS, tests positive for Covid-19. Malaysia breaches 5,000 confirmed cases for a third successive day. The Australian city of ... ( read original story ...)