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A Hong Kong court has ordered all 47 pro-democracy activists charged under a Beijing-imposed national security law to be kept in custody after the Department of Justice appealed an initial decision to ... ( read original story ...)

China's top legislative advisory body has opened its annual session against the background of a crackdown on Hong Kong's political opposition and the country’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic ... ( read original story ...)

The private development will be built in the world's most expensive housing market, and it features plans for a massive, 240,000-square-foot villa. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has been excluded from the Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom because its economic policies are controlled from Beijing, the Washington-based think tank said, removing Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

A marathon court hearing for 47 democracy activists charged under Hong Kong’s national security law entered its fourth day on Thursday, as the court deliberates whether the defendants will be granted ... ( read original story ...)

Marathon bail proceedings for 47 Hong Kong democracy activists charged with conspiracy to commit subversion enter the fourth day on Thursday, in a landmark case after the most sweeping use yet of the ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing’s legislature expected to tighten rules on who can run for office in Hong Kong during week-long session. ( read original story ...)

Democracy activists in Hong Kong have staged the biggest protest against a new national security law in months. Hundreds of people gathered outside the court in which 47 fellow activists appeared on ... ( read original story ...)

A marathon bail hearing entered its third day as dozens of Hong Kong democracy activists returned to court on Wednesday in a mass subversion prosecution that has reignited international concern over ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong teenager became the youngest person so far to plead guilty to rioting during 2019's huge pro-democracy protests on Wednesday, as he admitted throwing a petrol bomb at police when aged just ... ( read original story ...)

China is expected to unveil new political controls on Hong Kong at this week’s meeting of its rubber-stamp parliament, which is also likely to showcase President Xi Jinping’s further consolidation of ... ( read original story ...)

China's rubber-stamp legislature meets this week in the Communist Party's biggest political set-piece of the year, with speculation Beijing will use the event to further tighten the noose on Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government has been thrust into “crisis mode” after a Hong Kong-based renewable energy fund broke a longstanding taboo and became the first to lodge an arbitration claim against the state ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong authorities are investigating the death of a chronically ill man who died two days after he received a COVID-19 vaccine. ( read original story ...)