The United States said Saturday it did not renew a national emergency declaration over Hong Kong, leading to the lifting of partial sanctions, but it said an executive order that revoked Hong Kong's ...
US ends its state of emergency over Hong Kong security threat
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States has chosen not to extend its state of emergency over what it deemed threats posed by Beijing's hardline national security law in Hong Kong, US officials confirmed ...
US lifts some Hong Kong sanctions imposed by Trump, autonomy status unchanged
BEIJING/WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - The United States on Friday partially removed Hong Kong-related sanctions and trade restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump in 2020 over China's security crackdown on the territory,
Retail rift: Hong Kong shops plead for rent relief, landlords see improving market
As closures continue despite rising retail sales, landlords and operators have starkly divided views on the retail leasing market Although retail sales in Hong Kong rose more than 10 per cent year on year in the first five months of 2026,
US partially restores Hong Kong status revoked by Trump, drawing praise from China
(Adds dropped words in headline) BEIJING/WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - The United States on Friday partially restored Hong Kong's special legal status that was revoked by U.S. President Donald Trump ...
US restores preferential trade privileges for Hong Kong, drawing thanks from China
The United States confirmed Friday that it will not renew an executive order that revoked Hong Kong's special trading status. The decision comes after China signaled that the city's preferential ...
Substandard work, evasion of oversight helped fuel deadly Hong Kong fire, investigators told
An independent committee investigating the cause of Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades heard arguments on how improper practices that evaded regulatory oversight turned a small fire into a tragedy, ...
Substandard work and evasion of oversight helped fuel deadly Hong Kong fire, investigators told
An independent committee investigating the cause of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades on Friday heard arguments on how malpractices that had evaded regulatory oversight turned a small fire into a ...
Hong Kong Fast-Tracks Law for Five-Minute Border Trips to China
Hong Kong lawmakers passed a bill enabling one-stop immigration checks at a new border crossing with Shenzhen, the city’s latest step to deepen links with mainland China.
Hong Kong wraps up probe into ‘preventable’ Wang Fuk Court fire
It “was preventable but not prevented, and foreseeable but not foreseen”, says lead counsel. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Shein secures nod from Hong Kong listing committee for IPO, sources say
HONG KONG, July 17 (Reuters) - Shein has won approval from the Hong Kong stock exchange listing committee for an IPO, three people with knowledge of the matter said on Friday, bringing the ...
Hong Kong Police Raid Independent Bookstores and Arrest 5 People
By Alexandra Stevenson Reporting from Hong Kong Hong Kong’s national security police on Wednesday raided two bookstores, seized boxes of books and arrested five people on suspicion of sedition. The ...
Hong Kong arrests five over selling alleged seditious books
Hong Kong police have arrested five people on suspicion of violating the city's national security law by selling publications containing what authorities described as seditious content. The two men
Hong Kong police raid independent bookstore run by former journalists
Hong Kong police raided two independent bookstores and arrested five people over books they said had "seditious intention" under the city's national security law.