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The law, designed to punish companies that abide by US sanctions or fail to carry out China’s, has prompted anxiety among some foreign investors. ( read original story ...)

European business leaders have warned that Hong Kong's stringent quarantine measures have left its residents "indefinitely trapped" in the city, threatening its status as an international business ... ( read original story ...)

China's top legislature has postponed a vote on extending an anti-sanctions law to Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post said on Friday, as global banks and other financial institutions fret over ... ( read original story ...)

A familiar face at pro-democracy rallies in the city, Wong felt forced to flee after being named in a hit list of cultural undesirables ... ( read original story ...)

China's one-year loan prime rate (LPR) and five-year LPR were both left unchanged at 3.85% and 4.65%, respectively, on Friday. ( read original story ...)

The Australian actress was able to skirt the city's strict seven-day hotel quarantine for arrivals from Australia. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has some of the toughest Covid-19 quarantine rules on the planet, capturing everyone from journalists to Olympic athletes. Not Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman, however. ( read original story ...)

City University undergraduate Cheng Kam-fai, 22, sentenced to 40 months’ prison while construction worker Wong Kin-ki, 21, gets 3 years. ( read original story ...)

Just before reverting to its strict travel policies, Hong Kong had revised upwards its 2021 GDP growth forecast. ( read original story ...)

Actor said to be given exemption to film Amazon TV series, as territory braces for tougher travel rules ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s government says it has granted a quarantine exemption to an individual to perform “designated professional work” following reports that Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman did not have to ... ( read original story ...)

Four Hong Kong student leaders charged with "advocating terrorism" after their union passed a motion last month mourning the death of a 50-year-old who stabbed a policeman before killing himself were ... ( read original story ...)

Global banks and other financial institutions in Hong Kong are scrambling to find out details of China's planned imposition of an anti-sanctions law on the city, and trying to understand how it could ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong police say they have seized 195 million Hong Kong dollars ($25 million) worth of illegal drugs as part of a monthslong investigation, the largest seizure of the year ... ( read original story ...)