HONG KONG - The Office of the Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Saturday strongly disapproved and firmly rejected a misleading ... ( read original story ...)
Positive COVID-19 results continue to be found in Hong Kong’s sewage samples
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said Saturday that there may be hidden cases of COVID-19 in the premises of some areas in the city as the virus has recently been ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong could be hit by sixth wave in as little as two weeks, pandemic adviser warns
Professor Gabriel Leung, dean of the faculty of medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), offered his timeline for the arrival of the next wave at a seminar for HKU doctors on Saturday, according ... ( read original story ...)
Mao Zedong calligraphy scroll thieves jailed in Hong Kong
Three people have been sent to jail in Hong Kong for stealing artworks worth millions, including a calligraphy scroll penned by former Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong. The three accused men, Ho ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police bail Catholic cardinal arrested on national security charge
HONG KONG, May 11 (Reuters) - Cardinal Joseph Zen, one of the most senior Catholic clerics in Asia, and three others who helped run a now-disbanded Hong Kong fund for protesters were arrested on ... ( read original story ...)
Leisure craft or floating hotels? Hong Kong hoteliers accuse authorities of inaction over ‘rampant illegal use of boats’
Hong Kong boatman Dong* is familiar with the sight of people heading for three houseboats moored next to each other at the Aberdeen typhoon shelter on weekends and public holidays. The visitors stay ... ( read original story ...)
What Hong Kong can expect from ‘Beijing’s enforcer’
This week, pro-Beijing hardliner John Lee was elected as Hong Kong's new leader, replacing Carrie Lam. The 64-year-old former security chief ran uncontested in the chief executive election, and was ... ( read original story ...)
Pelosi says Hong Kong’s arrest of cardinal ‘one of the clearest signs yet of Beijing’s worsening crackdown’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) slammed the arrest of a cardinal in Hong Kong, calling it “one of the clearest signs yet of Beijing’s worsening crackdown” in an op-ed published Friday in The ... ( read original story ...)
The Arrest of Cardinal Zen Marks a New Low in Hong Kong
China’s Communist Party quietly crushes dissent in the first free, prosperous city to fall to totalitarians since World War II. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong National Security Police Arrest 90-Year-Old Cardinal Zen
Hong Kong national security police arrested Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun on Wednesday for alleged conspiracy to collude with foreign powers. Cardinal Zen is a 90-year-old former bishop and senior f ... ( read original story ...)
Mao Zedong scroll thieves jailed in Hong Kong
Three people have been jailed in Hong Kong for stealing art said to be worth millions, including a calligraphy scroll written by former Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong.The thieves had been unaware ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong churches no longer off-limits as Beijing tightens grip on dissent
Churches are tightly controlled in mainland China, and that now appears to be the fate for Hong Kong's religious institutions, some of which had a major role in the city's activism. ( read original story ...)
Trio jailed for Hong Kong’s priciest art heist
Three burglars who carried out a record-breaking $637 million art heist in Hong Kong but remained oblivious to the value of their historic haul were jailed Friday, local media reported. ( read original story ...)
Escape From Hong Kong
But inside, Tommy felt panicked and desperate. He was about to attempt an escape from Hong Kong, where he faced a near-certain jail sentence for his role in the prodemocracy protests there. He feared ... ( read original story ...)