Revolution of Our Times looks at the 2019 demonstrations, which some Taiwanese saw as a warning sign about their own future ... ( read original story ...)
China bars mainland brokers from promoting SPAC deals in Hong Kong -sources
China's securities regulator has barred the country's investment banks it regulates from acting as promoters of blank-check firms in Hong Kong, three people with knowledge of the matter said, cutting ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong puts mass testing on hold as COVID-19 deaths rise
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said there is “no specific time frame” for a citywide testing, two weeks after she announced it would happen this month. Her earlier announcement, coupled with rumors of an ... ( read original story ...)
China builds new bridge to Hong Kong to rush in workers as Covid cases surge
The temporary bridge will aid work on a makeshift hospital as the city’s Covid death rate reaches world’s highest per 1m people ... ( read original story ...)
Empty Stores and an Exodus: Hong Kong’s COVID Crackdown Stirs Panic
As the government in Hong Kong struggles to contain the city’s worst COVID outbreak ever, some residents have panicked. They have emptied supermarket shelves of vegetables and meat. They have raided ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Indefinitely Postpones Mass Testing Plan: Virus Update
Hong Kong’s plan to test the entire population for coronavirus in March has been indefinitely postponed as the city prioritizes vaccinating the elderly. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader says no fixed time frame for mass testing
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says reducing the skyrocketing number of deaths in the latest coronavirus surge is the city’s priority, putting a plan to test the entire population on hold in the latest f ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to focus COVID resources on elderly, no date set for mass tests
Government announces measures targeted at elderly residents as surge of COVID-19 infections sweeps through care homes with deaths rapidly climbing among the city's mainly unvaccinated seniors. ( read original story ...)
China Official Says Hong Kong Autonomy Could Last Beyond 2047
Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule from Britain in 1997 on the promise Beijing would leave its capitalist economy and political freedoms untouched for 50 years. The U.K. governmen ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Zero-COVID Fight Takes Mental Toll on Society, Experts Say
Hong Kong resident Yeung waited for 13 hours outside a hospital in the city's eastern district in cold, rainy weather with his 3-year-old daughter, who had a high fever, before they could be admitted ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Hong Kong to focus COVID resources on elderly, no date set for mass tests
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced a series of measures targeted at elderly residents on Wednesday as a surge of COVID-19 infections sweeps through care homes with deaths rapidly climbing among the ... ( read original story ...)
‘Two sessions’: top Beijing official says Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy won’t be undermined by central government
The director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office told a group of local delegates to the nation's top advisory body that the 'one country, two systems' model would persist beyond 2047 On Tuesday, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader says COVID resources to be focused on elderly as deaths climb
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced a series of measures targeted at elderly residents on Wednesday as a surge of COVID-19 infections sweeps through care homes with deaths rapidly climbing amongst ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong closer than ever to the mainland
On Saturday, as Premier Li Keqiang presented the annual Government Work Report to national legislators, I couldn't help but notice a shift of tone in the government's next development plan for Hong ... ( read original story ...)