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Troubled bookstore chain Page One has closed down its two remaining stores in Hong Kong. The stores in Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui and Festival Walk in Kowloon Tong were shut on Thursday. A letter reading “Notice of Appointment of Receivers” was ... ( read original story ...)

A US congressional panel has warned of an "alarming" rise in China's interference in Hong Kong, noting fears over the city's continued role as a global financial hub. In its annual report to the Congress on Wednesday, the bipartisan US-China Economic and ... ( read original story ...)

Last year five book publishers based in Hong Kong were detained by Chinese authorities and held incommunicado for months, with two abducted from Thailand and Hong Kong. Legislation introduced by Senators Marco Rubio and Tom Cotton would require the US ... ( read original story ...)

Legal experts are awaiting further reasoning for Tuesday’s High Court ruling, which found Sixtus Baggio Leung Chung-hang and Yau Wai-ching had “declined” to take the Legislative Council oath and swear allegiance Hong Kong as part of China ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong billionaire has taken out full-page adverts to announce he has split with his girlfriend and given her £200million. Joseph Lau used the announcements to say he had split from Yvonne Lui in 2014 - and that she would not be receiving any more money. ( read original story ...)

Two Hong Kong separatist lawmakers who were disqualified Tuesday by a judge from taking office because they altered their oaths by adding anti-China insults said they will file an appeal with the city's top court. A High Court judge ruled that Sixtus Leung ... ( read original story ...)

Two newly elected Hong Kong separatist lawmakers who altered their oaths by adding anti-China insults were disqualified from taking office in a court decision Tuesday. A High Court judge ruled that Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching of the Youngspiration party ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's high court has ruled that two pro-independence lawmakers are disqualified from taking their seats in the Legislative Council. Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching refused to pledge allegiance to China when being sworn in last month. Last week ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong plunged deeper into political uncertainty after the city’s High Court ruled on Tuesday that two newly elected localist lawmakers should lose their seats over the way they took their oaths last month. In his judgment on the government’s ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing ruled that Hong Kong legislators must swear allegiance to Hong Kong as part of China, adding that candidates who take the oath of office in an insincere manner will be disqualified and not given another chance to swear in. Democratically elected ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong (CNN)Good news for fans of local Hong Kong cuisine. The 2017 Michelin Guide for Hong Kong and Macau is out and more than a third of the Hong Kong restaurants granted Michelin stars are Cantonese. These include Lung King Heen and T'ang Court ... ( read original story ...)

Tens of thousands of pro-China protesters have rallied in Hong Kong, expressing anger at calls for the territory's independence. Demonstrators waved Chinese flags, and chanted "oppose Hong Kong independence; support Beijing's ruling". Last week ... ( read original story ...)

The British banker, who was on Tuesday found guilty of killing two prostitutes at his Hong Kong flat, had 'eight girls at one time' in the Prime Minister's Suite at the Angeles Beach Club Hotel in Angeles City, The Sun on Sunday reports. One of the ... ( read original story ...)

While Hong Kong is undeniably part of China, arguments differentiating Hong Kong Chinese from mainland Chinese have intensified in recent years. Dr Chung Kim-wah, a social scientist at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, said both Hongkongers’ and ... ( read original story ...)