How much do you understand about the impact and ramifications of the new law imposed by Beijing? ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police double National Day deployment to 6,000 officers, citing threats to force and calls for violence
Hong Kong police have doubled to 6,000 the number of officers they will deploy to handle any chaos that erupts on National Day after witnessing an increase in online messages calling for attacks on ... ( read original story ...)
Cash scatters on Hong Kong street as knife-wielding assailants steal HK$8 million in brazen daylight robbery
Police are on the hunt for a gang of masked robbers who snatched a rucksack containing HK$8 million (US$1.03 million) in cash during an attack on two men in broad daylight at a busy Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bans China National Day protest
Hong Kong authorities on Monday banned a pro-democracy group from holding a rally on China's National Day, the latest refusal in the semi-autonomous city where protest has been all but outlawed. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Denies Approval for Protest on China’s National Day
A Hong Kong appeals panel upheld a police ban on a mass protest planned for Thursday, leaving demonstrators the choice between staying home or risking arrest. ( read original story ...)
US diplomats need Beijing approval for Hong Kong meetings
US diplomats must now seek approval from Beijing before they can meet government officials or university academics in Hong Kong, in the latest round of measures ordered by China that further strains ... ( read original story ...)
Carrie Lam: The controversial leader of Hong Kong
Carrie Lam, a skilled bureaucrat handpicked by Beijing to lead Hong Kong, has become one of the most divisive figures in the politically turbulent city. The chief executive sparked months of protests ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Retailer JD.com’s Health-Care Business Plans Hong Kong IPO
JD Health filed an application to go public in Hong Kong, in a deal that people familiar with the situation said could raise at least $3 billion. ( read original story ...)
‘Back where we were’: history repeats for Hong Kong’s freedom swimmers
They risked their lives in search of liberty in the British colony - now the system they were desperate to escape is at the door ... ( read original story ...)
‘We swam to Hong Kong for freedom half a century ago. What now?’ – video
Hon Man Po is a freedom swimmer who fled China for Hong Kong. He arrived in 1968 after years of trying. With the implementation of a new national security law by China – he sees that same fear he was ... ( read original story ...)
Recycling in Hong Kong takes another hit as plan for waste paper processing ‘falls through’
A plan for a recycling and manufacturing plant to process up to a third of Hong Kong's waste paper is unlikely to happen, with the government now considering building a pulping facility instead, ... ( read original story ...)
Who runs Hong Kong: party faithful shipped in to carry out Beijing’s will
A senior communist party operative whose only previous experience in Hong Kong is a business trip two years ago; a former Guangdong mayor who oversaw the mass arrests of villagers protesting against ... ( read original story ...)
‘You’re still my baby’: Hong Kong mother pleads for son held in mainland China after desperate boat escape
Hong Kong police say the 12 who tried to flee by boat to Taiwan will be tried by the mainland China legal system. ( read original story ...)
American diplomats in Hong Kong want to meet local officials or politicians? Get permission from Beijing’s foreign ministry, new directive demands
American diplomats must obtain approval from Beijing's foreign ministry before they can meet with Hong Kong government officials or personnel from the city's educational institutions and societies, ... ( read original story ...)