Hong Kong's Apple Daily tabloid responded with defiance on Tuesday to the arrest of owner Jimmy Lai under a new national security law imposed by Beijing, promising to "fight on" in a front-page ... ( read original story ...)
Jimmy Lai Is Arrested in Hong Kong. Freedom Loses Again.
Early on Monday, the police in Hong Kong arrested Jimmy Lai, founder of the popular tabloid Apple Daily, on charges of collusion with a foreign country, one of the vaguely defined crimes under the ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC Hong Kong Beats Ponzi Scheme Suit
A New York federal judge held Monday that a group of California investors who alleged that HSBC Hong Kong aided a $37 million Ponzi scheme lacked jurisdiction to sue the bank and tossed the suit ... ( read original story ...)
The world must not let China steamroll Hong Kong
AFTER YEARS of a slow, drip-drip, China is now rushing at high speed to end Hong Kong’s legendary freedom and independence. President Xi Jinping appears to have decided that, with a new national ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Most Brazen Arrest Yet
As Hong Kong began to absorb the gravity of a new national-security law forced upon it by Beijing, Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s chief executive, told a reporter that the city’s residents needn’t worry. The ... ( read original story ...)
Pompeo says he is not optimistic China will rethink its position on Hong Kong
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said he is not optimistic that China will rethink its position on Hong Kong, particularly after the arrest of media tycoon Jimmy Lai under Hong Kong's new ... ( read original story ...)
Who are Jimmy Lai and Agnes Chow, two of the Hong Kong democracy advocates arrested Monday?
The arrests targeted two of the city’s best-known pro-democracy figures: newspaper mogul Jimmy Lai, 71, whose resistance to Beijing dates back to the aftermath of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre; ... ( read original story ...)
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance moves back into Hong Kong market
The value of TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, is reportedly under pressure nearing the either forced sale or ban of its most valuable asset. ( read original story ...)
Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong media tycoon held amid sweep of arrests
The Hong Kong business tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested along with other pro-democracy and media figures, raising fears of a broad crackdown by China. Mr Lai's Apple Daily newspaper offices were ... ( read original story ...)
China sanctions U.S. lawmakers, non-profit leaders over Hong Kong
China announced sanctions Monday against U.S. lawmakers and the heads of several U.S. non-profit organizations over their support for Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
China’s latest Hong Kong crackdown demands a strong U.S. response
The historic and tragic events unfolding today in Hong Kong are primarily an attack by Chinese authorities on the autonomy of the city and the freedoms of its people. But the Chinese government is ... ( read original story ...)
Pompeo, US allies decry ‘erosion of rights’ in Hong Kong
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the U.K. issued a joint statement Sunday decrying the "erosion of rights" in Hong Kong over Beijing's ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Banks May Suspend Accounts Of Officials Sanctioned By US
Some banks in Hong Kong may be preparing to suspend the accounts of local government officials who were slapped with sanctions by the U.S. late last week. Bloomberg reported on Mo ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Arrests Jimmy Lai and Raids Headquarters
The police in Hong Kong arrested the pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, becoming the most high-profile person detained under China’s sweeping legislation. ( read original story ...)