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Hong Kong attracted a record 65.1 million visitors in 2018, with nearly four in five coming from mainland China. The 51 million mainland visitors were a far cry from the 8.47 million in 2003, when ... ( read original story ...)

Thousands of protesters have marched through central Hong Kong in opposition to changes to an extradition law widely seen as eroding the territory’s independent legal system. Many of those taking part ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong customs have seized another HK$80 million (US$10.2 million) worth of cocaine, taking their total haul of the drug in April alone to 421kg, valued at about HK$420 million, as officers battle ... ( read original story ...)

An unprecedented procedural row over delaying tactics by opposition lawmakers in Hong Kong’s legislature is threatening to paralyse the government’s efforts to fast track a controversial law to allow ... ( read original story ...)

“There's no judicial in mainland China, the party is above the courts,” one protestor told the local news outlet TVB. The Hong Kong Bar Association has expressed concerns over the ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - A Hong Kong bookseller who was detained by China is seeking refuge in Taiwan, saying his home city will no longer be safe when new laws are enacted allowing extradition to China, ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a news briefing Monday in Beijing that the bill was necessary to “uphold the rule of law” in Hong Kong. Besides local activists’ fears of political ... ( read original story ...)

Reuters news agency reported that people were chanting "step down, Carrie Lam". Ms Lam is the pro-Beijing leader of Hong Kong. Hong Kong has a separate legal system to mainland China, thanks to "one ... ( read original story ...)

Thousands of people marched on Hong Kong’s parliament on Sunday to demand the scrapping of proposed extradition rules that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial – a move which some ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG - Thousands of protesters have marched through downtown Hong Kong in opposition to changes to an extradition law that many see as eroding the territory’s independent legal system. Many of ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Thousands of people marched on Hong Kong's parliament on Sunday to demand the scrapping of proposed extradition rules that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for ... ( read original story ...)

In a 400-year-old Hakka village near Hong Kong’s border town of Sha Tau Kok, there is a sea of green seedlings sprouting up in flooded fields. The young rice stalks, spreading across around 15,000 ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG - Michael Wolf, an award-winning photographer known for his work depicting megacities, has died at his home in Hong Kong. He was 64. Wolf died in his sleep on Wednesday, said Sarah Greene, ... ( read original story ...)

His most famous work depicted the towering architecture of Hong Kong, where he lived and worked. Wolf, who was born in 1954 and grew up in the US and Canada, moved to Hong Kong in 1994, where he ... ( read original story ...)