This week, authorities in Hong Kong arrested a veteran journalist over charges of sedition. If proven guilty, journalist Allan Au would face up to a year in prison. Au was arrested by authorities in ... ( read original story ...)
Joan Cornellà NFT project apologises over copyright infringement of film starring Hong Kong ‘King of Comedy’ Stephen Chow
Hong Kong-based Fwenclub released an NFT image based on the 1994 spy comedy From Beijing with Love without permission. ( read original story ...)
US criticizes arrest of veteran Hong Kong journalist on sedition charges
The United States has criticized the arrest of a veteran Hong Kong journalist on sedition charges. “We call on the Hong Kong government to free Allan Au and all others imprisoned for exercising their ... ( read original story ...)
5 Men Play Mahjong On Hong Kong Train, Fined S$870 For Causing Public Nuisance
A group of men who played mahjong on the Hong Kong MTR last year has been fined S$870 for causing a nuisance in public and other offences. ( read original story ...)
US Criticizes Hong Kong Over Reporter’s Arrest for Sedition
The US has criticized Hong Kong over the arrest of a journalist on sedition charges, ramping up tensions over a Beijing-led crackdown on dissent in the former British colony. ( read original story ...)
Chinese Q&A platform Zhihu prepares for $172 million Hong Kong dual listing
Chinese Q&A platform Zhihu filed a draft prospectus for a Hong Kong listing on Monday, 13 months after it raised $523 million in an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. The company plans to raise HK$ 1 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong SMEs upbeat about outlook after weathering fifth wave of coronavirus outbreak, survey shows
Easing of restrictive social distancing rules can help immensely, according to an SME survey conducted by CPA Australia Some 60 per cent of SMEs in survey said they could cope with the fifth wave of ... ( read original story ...)
Reforming Hong Kong for the better: Economics and finance
The past few years have been extraordinarily treacherous for Hong Kong. The 2019 anti-extradition bill protests exacerbated long-standing grievances and divergences between the mainland and Hong Kong, ... ( read original story ...)
In Wood and Water, 2019 Hong Kong protests are the backdrop for art-house German film directed by Jonas Bak
A slower, more spiritual Hong Kong is depicted in German director Jonas Bak's Wood and Water - a story about a woman's search for her missing son; Although filmed amid the 2019 an ... ( read original story ...)
Carrie Lam’s Departure Signals a Further Crackdown in Hong Kong
Lam’s replacement was a key demand of the 2019 protests, but no one should be celebrating her announced retirement now. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Police arrest veteran journalist on sedition charges
Hong Kong authorities arrested journalist Allan Au on sedition charges Monday, local media reported, continuing the use of an archaic colonial-era law in a crackdown on freedom of expression in the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police arrest veteran journalist for alleged sedition
Hong Kong's national security police arrested a veteran journalist and former contributing writer with the now-shuttered liberal media outlet Stand News, on Monday for alleged sedition, police and ... ( read original story ...)
Media mogul Jimmy Lai appeals to UN over Hong Kong cases
Lawyers for Hong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai are asking the United Nations to investigate his imprisonment and multiple criminal charges as “legal harassment” that punish him ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s OneDegree Inks Deal with Reinsurer Munich Re to Launch Digital Asset Insurance
As crypto’s market cap pushes past $2 trillion and makes its way onto the balance sheet of many institutional investors and corporations, Hong Kong insurer OneDegree has announced a deal with Munich ... ( read original story ...)