Keith Richburg of The University of Hong Kong discusses the factors that have hit press freedom in Hong Kong. Got a confidential news tip? We want to hear from you. Sign up for free newsletters and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Test Record; U.S. to Start WTO Talks: Virus Update
Talks starting this week between the U.S. and the World Trade Organization over expanding access to vaccines will focus on how to get them “widely distributed, more widely licensed, more widely shared ... ( read original story ...)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Hong Kong and Xinjiang
This week on 60 Minutes, Norah O'Donnell spoke with Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Blinken said China is the biggest foreign policy challenge facing the Biden administration as it threatens the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s total property sales surged to US$10.6 billion in April, highest in 23 months, Centaline predicts
Total sales, including homes, shops, industrial units and parking spaces, hit their highest monthly level in almost two years as buyers bet on the local economy bouncing back from recession. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police seize HK$134 million worth of suspected cocaine, arrest man
Hong Kong police have arrested a 36-year-old man and seized more than HK$130 million (US$16.7 million) worth of suspected cocaine hidden in two cars in Yuen Long. Police on Sunday said they stopped ... ( read original story ...)
Former Hong Kong lawmaker Raymond Chan announces he is quitting politics
The former radio and TV host is one 47 former opposition lawmakers and activists charged with subversion under the Beijing-imposed national security law. ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s self-taught dental workers say they fill a need in society – just not in Hong Kong
When four Indonesian domestic workers in Hong Kong were arrested last month for breaching the conditions of their stay and offering dental services despite having no training, it caused a stir. The ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong University Cuts Off Student Union Over Political Participation
Hong Kong university have cut ties with the student union, saying that it had become a “platform for political propaganda” following its involvement in recent protest movements. “The Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Domestic workers alarmed by compulsory Hong Kong vaccine plan
Hong Kong migrant worker groups on Saturday criticised plans to make coronavirus vaccines compulsory for all foreign domestic helpers, labelling the move "discriminatory and unjust". Health officials ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong boss Carrie Lam gets tea-time chat show
Facing an exodus of journalists and with programmes pulled because of Beijing’s security law, Hong Kong’s public broadcaster has turned to an unlikely quarter for help in filling primetime evening ... ( read original story ...)
Explainer: Hong Kong national security crackdown – month 10
Ten months since Beijing’s imposition of its national security law on Hong Kong, press freedom in the SAR is increasingly under threat while there are fears that another new law will allow the ... ( read original story ...)
Young losing hope in Hong Kong’s future, survey finds
Hong Kong’s young people have grown more pessimistic about the city’s future, and more of them wanted to emigrate if possible, according to a latest survey.The poll, commissioned by the Lions Club and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong activists plead guilty over banned Tiananmen vigil
Jailed Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty alongside three others on Friday to joining a banned candlelight vigil for victims of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown. At a pre-trial ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty over June 4 ‘illegal assembly’
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was among four people who pleaded guilty on Friday of participating in an illegal assembly on June 4 last year to commemorate the 1989 crackdown on protesters ... ( read original story ...)