Speaking about the plan to open up the Australian defence force to permanent residents of other countries, starting with New Zealand, Marles told the audience: Today we believe we have announced what does represent a crossing of the Rubicon for Australia – and that is opening the door to non-Australian citizens ...
Self-Exiled Hong Kong Artist Aims to Counter China’s Silence on June 4
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) - Hong Kong artist Kacey Wong is striving to keep alive the memory of China's June 4 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators from his adopted home of Taiwan, as Chinese ...
Hedge Fund Dymon Expands Central Hong Kong Office, Bucking Trend
Hedge fund firm Dymon Asia Capital is expanding in Hong Kong’s central business district, at a time when the city is seeing record premium office vacancies and declining rental rates.Dymon has signed ...
Hong Kong insurance sales, investment activity and card spending rise against market-rally backdrop: Citigroup
The bank recorded 24 per cent annual growth in new clients for its prestige accounts, as well as more insurance sales, in the first quarter 'The recent stock market rally has led customers across the ...
Hong Kong calls on primary schools to report anti-Communist Party attitudes
Hong Kong's new educational guidance on the national security law underlines the city's lost democratic character.
Hong Kong detains an artist on the eve of the 35th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police detained a performance artist on the eve of the 35th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown, signaling the city's shrinking freedom of expression.
After Hong Kong crackdown, overseas tributes help keep Tiananmen memories alive
HONG KONG (AP) — As the 35th anniversary of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square crackdown neared, Rowena He, a prominent scholar of that bloody chapter of modern China’s history, was busy flying between the ...
Hong Kong arrests eighth person for Tiananmen social media posts
Hong Kong police arrested an eighth person over social media posts about commemorating Beijing’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on Monday, the eve of the bloody incident’s 35th anniversary. The ...
Communities abroad commemorate Tiananmen Square victims after Hong Kong crackdown quashes ceremonies
Hong Kong's decades-old annual vigil that mourned those who died has vanished after enactment of a China-imposed security law. As the 35th anniversary of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square crackdown neared, ...
Hong Kong courts will make ‘red lines’ on national security clear through decisions on cases, outgoing Law Society president says
Chan Chak-ming, standing down as Law Society president, adds NGOs better placed than government to allay fears overseas fears about national security laws.
Former Hong Kong politician ‘major backer’ of firearms purchase from US in ‘Dragon Slaying Brigade’ plot, court hears
A core member of a team that partnered with the “Dragon Slaying Brigade” to plot a bomb attack on Hong Kong police in 2019 has told a court that a former district council election candidate financed ...
Hong Kong’s cable car attraction at 95% of pre-pandemic heights, lifted by strong recovery in tourism from Southeast Asia
Hong Kong’s Ngong Ping cable car attraction at 95 per cent of pre-pandemic heights, but long-haul visitor numbers from Europe and US still to bounce back.
Hong Kong’s June 4 memory battle behind Chow Hang-tung and her supporters’ arrests
Hong Kong Human rights lawyer Chow Hang-tung, 39, along with five of her supporters, were arrested and imprisoned on May 28, 2024, for publishing seditious posts on social media that allegedly incited ...
Bybit Affiliate Spark Fintech Withdraws VASP License Application in Hong Kong
Spark Fintech Limited, an affiliate of Bybit, one of the world's top three cryptocurrency exchanges by volume, has announced its decision to withdraw its ...