Disgraced former Hong Kong minister Patrick Ho Chi-ping is expected to be released from a New York prison on Monday (US time), after serving a jail term over a multimillion-dollar scheme to bribe top ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese official suggests Hong Kong should behave to keep high autonomy beyond 2047
A Chinese official suggested on Monday that the degree of autonomy that Hong Kong would have when the post-colonial agreement on its status runs out in 2047 could depend on how the protest-hit city ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong activist investor David Webb to step back for health reasons
Hong Kong activist investor David Webb has said he will step back from posting his widely read critiques of companies and the city's government after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. ( read original story ...)
NetEase prices its $2.7 billion listing in Hong Kong with shares to start trading on June 11
NetEase has priced its upcoming secondary listing in Hong Kong at $123 Hong Kong dollars per share. The Chinese internet giant will issue 171,480,000 new ordinary shares as part of its offering, which ... ( read original story ...)
Why Hong Kong’s Untold History of Protecting Refugee Rights Matters Now
The greater respect for human rights and the rule of law that distinguishes this former British colony from mainland China stems, in part, from a little known chapter of Hong Kong’s history. ( read original story ...)
Satirical show learns the hard way you can’t mock Hong Kong police officers
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 ...)