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The measure is unlikely to have much of an immediate effect because of the city’s coronavirus restrictions, but it could worsen fraying U.S.-China ties. ( read original story ...)

The advisory is perhaps the most blunt warning yet to Americans who are considering traveling to Hong Kong or mainland China. ( read original story ...)

A quarter of Hong Kong's social enterprises could go out of business by the end of the year, according to a new poll, threatening the jobs of hundreds of employees as the coronavirus pandemic takes a ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong officials on Tuesday said they would relax social distancing measures after the city reported no new locally transmitted coronavirus cases for the first time in more than two months. ( read original story ...)

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At a time of heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing, U.S. says its citizens face the risk of "arbitrary detention" and "arbitrary enforcement of local laws" there. ( read original story ...)

Two Dozen Hong Kong Activists Appear in Court Over Banned Tiananmen Vigil It was the first time the vigil had been banned in semiautonomous Hong Kong, with police citing coronavirus restrictions on ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Hong Kong will reopen bars, swimming pools and theme parks from Friday as it relaxes coronavirus restrictions after the testing of nearly two million people in a ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday that Taiwan has not disclosed information about the reported detentions of five Hong Kongers who may have attempted to flee there by boat to ... ( read original story ...)

Restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic have meant hardly any boats and ferries are passing through the waters around Hong Kong. And that has given the vulnerable Chinese White Dolphin a chance ... ( read original story ...)

Photograph: Reuters Australia’s foreign affairs minister has criticised the Chinese government for enforcing “repressive measures” against minorities in Xinjiang province and for eroding rights and ... ( read original story ...)

There's been a 30% rise in the number of pink dolphins seen in Hong Kong's Pearl River since March. Since coronavirus there has been less water traffic such as boats and ferries being used. This has ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong activists shouted anti-government slogans outside court on Tuesday as more than two dozen high profile democracy campaigners appeared over a banned vigil to mark the Tiananmen Square ... ( read original story ...)

The arrests of close to 10,000 anti-government protesters over the past year have forced some Hong Kongers to take great risks to flee the city, even choosing to try to smuggle themselves out by sea. ( read original story ...)