Earlier, two legislators had infuriated the Chinese government when they inserted a derogatory term for China into their oaths, taken last month, and pledged loyalty to the “Hong Kong nation.” On Sunday, news of the impending ruling from Beijing set ... ( read original story ...)
China's leader calls for unity amid challenges in Taiwan, Hong Kong
BEIJING -- China's President Xi Jinping is making a strong call for unity among all Chinese people amid political turmoil in Hong Kong and rising independence sentiment in self-governing Taiwan. Xi spoke Friday on the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sun ... ( read original story ...)
China's Xi urges unity amid challenges in Taiwan, Hong Kong
BEIJING — China's President Xi Jinping made a strong call for unity among all people of Chinese descent on Friday, amid political turmoil in Hong Kong and rising independence sentiment in self-governing Taiwan. Xi spoke on the 150th anniversary of the ... ( read original story ...)
British banker convicted of murder in ‘horrifying’ torture and killing of two women in Hong Kong
HONG KONG — A British banker was convicted of murder Tuesday for killing two Indonesian women in Hong Kong, torturing one of them over three days while using cocaine in a gruesome case that shocked the Chinese financial hub. The nine-person jury returned ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong student nurse convicted over multiple knife attacks on married ex-boyfriend
A student nurse who stabbed her married ex-boyfriend seven times and told his mother that he may not return home in one piece was convicted in the District Court on Thursday. Kan Woon-tsz, 29, had denied four counts of wounding with intent and another of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong's economic growth to ease in third-quarter on China slowdown
HONG KONG Hong Kong's economic growth is expected to slow in the third quarter from the second, with weak exports, sluggish retail sales and falling tourist arrivals, continuing to take a toll on the Asian financial centre. The once vibrant city is also ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong man in critical state after doctors find air bubbles in artery during treatment
A 49-year-old man has been fighting for his life after air bubbles were found in an artery during a procedure to open it up. The patient attended Tuen Mun Hospital’s medicine and geriatrics specialist outpatient clinic on the morning of October 25 with ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong murders: British banker jailed for life
Hong Kong - A British banker was jailed for life on Tuesday for the “sickening” murders of two Indonesian women he tortured in his Hong Kong apartment in what the judge said was one of the most horrifying cases the Chinese-ruled territory has known. ( read original story ...)
China bars 2 Hong Kong lawmakers in unprecedented act
Hong Kong's leader says he will "fully implement" a ruling by Beijing which effectively bars two elected pro-independence lawmakers from the city's legislature after they deliberately misread their oaths of office. Video provided by AFP Newslook China took ... ( read original story ...)
Thousands protest China’s intervention in Hong Kong
Thousands have taken to the streets of Hong Kong to protest against an anti-independence legal intervention by China’s government. Hundreds of lawyers and law students, all dressed in black, marched silently through Hong Kong on Tuesday in protest at the ... ( read original story ...)
Coked up Brit banker guilty of murdering 2 women in Hong Kong
In this Monday, Nov. 10. 2014, file photo taken through tinted glass, Rurik Jutting, a British banker, is escorted in a prison bus to a court in Hong Kong. Rurik was convicted of murder Tuesday for killing two Indonesian women in Hong Kong, torturing one ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong lawyers, politicians fear slippery slope after Beijing intervention
Before the intervention by China's parliament on Monday, a Hong Kong court was already considering whether to bar newly elected lawmakers Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-hing, whose swearing-in ceremony was aborted after they mispronounced the oath in a way ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Stocks Drop in Volatile Trade Amid U.S. Election Count
Hong Kong stocks slumped as investors assessed results in the U.S. presidential election, with Republican Donald Trump holding a slim lead in Florida. The offshore yuan traded near a record low. The Hang Seng Index slid 1.3 percent as of 10:11 a.m. local ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Marches Continue Against Chinese 'Intervention'
The protests are the latest in a growing division between China and Hong Kong over the city state's "one country, two systems” laws. More than a thousand lawyers staged a silent protest Hong Kong Tuesday after China intervened against two pro ... ( read original story ...)