Zheng Lian Mr. Lian is a former chief editor of the Hong Kong Economic Journal. Credit...Anthony Wallace/Agence France-Presse — The coronavirus epidemic may have momentarily dampened the ... ( read original story ...)
Stunning upset in Hong Kong, Lane wins three in Tokyo
Beauty Generation denied a third straight Champions Mile at Sha Tin, while Geelong-bred sprinter Mr Stunning caused a boilover in the group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s cage homes are almost impossible to self-isolate in
Before the pandemic, Lum Chai used to go to the park and drink beers with friends to escape his tiny living quarters. Now the 45-year-old walks the city's streets alone to kill time and keep away from ... ( read original story ...)
Social distancing in 100 square feet: Hong Kong’s cage homes are almost impossible to self-isolate in
Before the pandemic, Lum Chai used to go to the park and drink beers with friends to escape his tiny living quarters. Now the 45-year-old walks the city's streets alone to kill time and keep away from ... ( read original story ...)
I left Hong Kong for a break. Instead I got stuck with my parents for months
For the past month, I've been at my childhood home in New Zealand on coronavirus lockdown -- and it appears I'll be living with my parents for the foreseeable future. Until recently, I lived in my own ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong arrests and Taiwan flybys: China’s advances its interests during Covid-19 crisis
Beijing has drawn accusations it is using the distraction of the coronavirus pandemic to advance regional interests. Here are some examples ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Celebrates Hong Kong Bookseller Who Crossed China
The opening of a hole-in-the-wall bookstore in Taipei doesn’t usually attract much hullabaloo. Saturday’s reemergence of a bookseller who has for years proved a thorn to China’s rulers in Beijing was ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protests: Jailed man gets judge’s sympathy for stabbing
The discussion, inside a pedestrian tunnel used by protesters to leave messages of support for each other, became heated in August. Hung had felt angry when he passed th ... ( read original story ...)
Why the Coronavirus is Making China Clamp Down on Hong Kong
Zheng Lian Mr. Lian is a former chief editor of the Hong Kong Economic Journal. Protesters in a shopping mall in Hong Kong on FridayCredit...Anthony Wallace/Agence France-Presse — The coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Abducted Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee opens Taiwan shop
Part-owner of shop that used to sell texts critical of China opens new business in Taipei ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong dissident reopens bookshop in Taiwan, defying Beijing
A Hong Kong publisher previously detained by Chinese authorities reopened his bookstore in Taiwan on Saturday, defying what he called attempts linked to Beijing to intimidate him. The opening of Lam W ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus latest: Hong Kong police refuse to allow May 1 protest march
So far, the city has taken plasma donations from seven recovered patients, and is screening about 10 other potential donors. Hong Kong police rejected an application to hold a demonstration on May 1, ... ( read original story ...)
China prosecutes first foreign suspect for Hong Kong violence
According to prosecutors, the man gave a large amount of money to "hostile elements" in the United States and "colluded with foreign anti-China forces" to intervene in Hong Kong affairs. ( read original story ...)
One country, one system: The week that China shredded its promise on Hong Kong
With the world distracted by coronavirus, Beijing’s intervention this past week fundamentally realigns the political status of the former British colony. ( read original story ...)