Headliner, Hong Kong’s popular TV satire, has teased the pompous and the powerful.Tung Chee-hwa, the territory’s former leader, denounced its “bad taste” after it compared his government ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s stance on Hong Kong praised by other G7 nations – Suga
Japan was among the first nations to express its concern about China imposing a new security law, and its stance has been praised by other Group of Seven nations, chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide ... ( read original story ...)
‘The anger is still there’: Hong Kong defiant a year on from first protests
China’s national security law has reinvigorated a protest movement that began with opposition to an extradition bill ... ( read original story ...)
Japan declines to join U.S., others in condemning China for Hong Kong law: Kyodo
Japan will not join the United States, Britain and others in issuing a statement scolding China for imposing a new security law, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, citing officials from countries ... ( read original story ...)
National security law: strikes and threats will not intimidate Hong Kong officials into dropping support for Beijing legislation, government says
Hong Kong's embattled government has refused to change its stance or be intimidated by activists' threats to launch a strike against Beijing's push to impose a national security law on the city. A ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing’s lessons and laws: why Hong Kong families are looking to Britain
Fear of mainland China is driving dissidents, parents and business people to take Boris Johnson’s path to citizenship ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong residents fearing China’s security crackdown must be helped, Labor deputy leader says
The shadow defence minister Richard Marles says the Morrison government must seriously consider giving Hong Kong residents who fear China’s planned security laws safe haven in this country. Marles ... ( read original story ...)
Flash floods across Hong Kong as Observatory issues red rain signal
Hongkongers woke to heavy downpour on Sunday with flash floods reported across the city as a red rainstorm signal was issued. There was flooding in Tai Po, and the section from Tolo Highway to Tai Po ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong in turmoil: whose side are the banking giants on?
HSBC was still clinging to the idea that it could keep its head below the parapet as China increased pressure for big companies to support its move to impose tough ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong national security law: two points to consider for court cases
Much of the Honourable Andrew Li's argument in "National security law must be in line with Hong Kong system" (June 2) is impeccable in upholding the common law principles of non-retroactivity of law, ... ( read original story ...)
Forget FILTH, Hong Kong is the route to riches
Mark Tucker, HSBC’s chairman, has seen out the lockdown in New York with his family. Noel Quinn, its chief executive, has been working from home in Surrey. Peter Wong, head of its Asian business, has ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong black lives matter event cancelled due to coronavirus and politics, organizers say
More demonstrations are planned this weekend as the national anger over the death of the black man beneath the knee of a white Minneapolis police officer showed little sign of abating. In Washington D ... ( read original story ...)
What’s the Passport Stoking Controversy in Hong Kong?
As China moves to tighten its control over Hong Kong, the U.K. is offering some residents of its former colony a potential route out: A proposal to allow longer stays in Britain and even a “pathway to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s tycoons catch the privatisation bug as they pick up assets at rock-bottom prices amid stock market’s slump
When Spencer Fung first unveiled his US$150 million, three-year plan in 2017 to remake the 111-year-old trading company founded by his great-grandfather into a trailblazer in the digital era of online ... ( read original story ...)