While Hong Kong is part of China, the policy has given the Special A Region (SAR) a high degree of autonomy. Here is a breakdown of how this unique system works. The "one country, two systems" ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: UK and US criticise erosion of rights and freedoms 25 years since handover
Boris Johnson and Antony Blinken point to dismantling of democratic rights as well as crackdowns on independent media and personal freedoms ... ( read original story ...)
What will the next 25 years hold for Hong Kong?
In 1997 Hong Kong was handed back to China, triggering the start of a grand political experiment. Many were anxious about how the capitalist, free-wheeling former British colony would fare under ... ( read original story ...)
Here Are Hong Kong’s Crackdown Leaders Rewarded in New Cabinet
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee will install a cabinet that retains national security hardliners and elevates officials with strong China ties on Friday, as President Xi Jinping touts his greater ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to mark 25 years of handover
Hong Kong will on Friday mark 25 years since the city was handed back by the British to China. President Xi Jinping is visiting the city in what is his first trip outside mainland China since January ... ( read original story ...)
How far have human rights in Hong Kong eroded? We measured.
In some cases, it may have opened the door to extradition to China — that’s the highly contentious issue that prompted millions in Hong Kong to begin protesting in spring 2019 after the city’s ... ( read original story ...)
Liz Truss: UK won’t rest until Hong Kong has its freedoms back
Hong Kong was for many years a bastion of liberty and paragon of prosperity. That is testament to how its people embraced their fundamental rights and freedoms. ( read original story ...)
Chinese Lithium Giant Targets Up to $1.7 Billion in Hong Kong IPO
Tianqi Lithium, one of the largest producers of lithium compounds used in electric-vehicle batteries, said it plans to raise the equivalent of up to $1.7 billion in a Hong Kong initial public offering ... ( read original story ...)
Xi’s Visit to Hong Kong Cements the End of its Legacy as a Hub of Democracy, Global Trade
Hong Kong as we knew it is gone,’ one analyst said, marking a new era of the Chinese Communist Party’s tight controls that begins with Xi Jinping’s historic trip this week. ( read original story ...)
UK’s Boris Johnson: China must be held to commitments made on Hong Kong
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain would not give up on Hong Kong and would do all it could to hold China to its commitments on democratic rights made 25 years ago when the city's sovereignty ... ( read original story ...)
Gone in three hours: Sino Land sells all 238 flats at Lohas Park as buyers rush to get ahead of rising mortgage rates
The frenzy reflected the strong demand for housing in one of the world’s least affordable urban centres, and how quick buyers react to any change in the macroeconomic environment. ( read original story ...)
‘Everything in Hong Kong Has Changed’: A Road to Reinvention
In the 25 years since the handover to China, life on Queen’s Road, the first thoroughfare built by the British after they seized the territory, has been transformed. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s 25 Years Under China: Business Appeal Suffers Amid Diminishing Freedoms
July 1st marks the halfway point of Beijing’s 50-year promise to maintain Hong Kong’s capitalist system and freedoms that had enabled it to become an economic powerhouse under colonial rule. ( read original story ...)
China’s president returns to Hong Kong for 25th anniversary of British handover
When Chinese President Xi Jinping stepped off a train in Hong Kong on Thursday, it marked his first trip outside the borders of Mainland China in nearly 900 days. ( read original story ...)