FRESH revelations linking minister of defence and veterans affairs Peter Vilho to an offshore bank account in Hong Kong have brought to the fore a decade-old corruption case, which has haunted the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong and China test cross-border digital yuan, says PBoC official
China has completed its first cross-border pilots of the digital yuan with Hong Kong. Wang Xin, director of the People’s Bank of China research bureau, said that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong court convicts veteran activists over 2019 protests
A Hong Kong court has convicted some of the city’s most senior pro-democracy figures, including media mogul Jimmy Lai, of unauthorised assembly during protests in 2019, in the latest indication of the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Tycoons Emerge as Losers From Xi’s Election Revamp
Hong Kong’s top 19 wealthiest people have a combined net worth ... Most of them made money starting out in the property business. In an interview this week, Leung Chun-ying, who served as the chief ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Hong Kong to resume use of BioNTech-Pfizer shots
Hong Kong will resume administering the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech on Monday following a 12-day suspension over packaging defects detected in one batch ... ( read original story ...)
Veteran Hong Kong democracy leaders convicted over 2019 protests in landmark case
A Hong Kong court found seven prominent democrats guilty of unauthorized assembly charges, including 82-year-old barrister Martin Lee and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 72, the latest blow to the city's ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong court convicts 7 pro-democracy leaders over 2019 protest
April 1 (UPI) --A judge in Hong Kong on Thursday convicted seven pro-democracy protest leaders, including media tycoon Jimmy Lai, on charges of organizing and participating in an unlawful assembly ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to resume Pfizer shots after packaging defects
Hong Kong will resume administering the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech on Monday following a 12-day suspension over packaging defects detected in one ... ( read original story ...)
‘Father of democracy’ among Hong Kong activists facing jail
Among the Hong Kong activists facing jail on Thursday is an octogenarian barrister dubbed the "Father of Democracy" who Beijing once asked to help draft the city's mini-constitution and was often ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong media tycoon’s long battle for freedom
A Hong Kong court has convicted media tycoon Jimmy Lai and eight other prominent pro-democracy activists over their roles in an unauthorized assembly at the height of the 2019 protests. CNN's Will ... ( read original story ...)
Godfather of Hong Kong Democracy Movement Convicted for Big 2019 Protest
Hong Kong police arrested more than 50 pro-democracy figures for allegedly plotting to destabilize the government. WSJ’s Andrew Dowell reports on how the biggest crackdown since the national security ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks surge nearly 2%, leading the other Asia-Pacific markets
Hong Kong's Hang Seng led gains among the region's major markets ... The headline large manufacturers index in the Bank of Japan's quarterly tankan business sentiment survey came in at 5, against ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Tycoons Emerge as Big Losers From Xi’s Election Revamp
Xi’s sweeping overhaul of Hong Kong’s electoral system -- aimed at neutralizing pro-democracy voices -- will curtail the clout of billionaires such as Li Ka-shing and Lee Shau-kee who used to wield ... ( read original story ...)
Jim Hunter: Opium, Hong Kong and long memories
Prior to the dispatch of Britain’s aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth to the Far East the politicians and military chiefs behind the UK’s “tilt to the Indo-Pacific” could usefully visit Stornoway ... ( read original story ...)