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Teen activist Tony Chung has become the second person to be charged under Hong Kong’s deeply controversial national security law. The former leader of pro-independence group Studentlocalism was denied ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s economy is showing the first signs of emerging from a crippling recession sparked by political unrest last year and deepened by the global pandemic. After more than a year of weakness in ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong teen activist Tony Chung has been charged under a new national security law, just days after he was detained outside the US consulate. Mr Chung, 19, had reportedly planned to enter the ... ( read original story ...)

I am writing to express my opinion on Cathay Pacific's recent lay-offs. The Covid-19 virus emerged earlier this year, and the pandemic it sparked is still raging. People's lives, businesses, supply ... ( read original story ...)

A leading Hong Kong pro-democracy activist has been charged with secession, money laundering and conspiracy to publish seditious materials, becoming the first public figure to be prosecuted under the ... ( read original story ...)

The US government has warned Hong Kong activists that they cannot claim asylum at America’s overseas missions, averting a potential diplomatic confrontation with Beijing on Chinese soil. The US state ... ( read original story ...)

Tong Chung, who was arrested on Tuesday as he attempted to seek shelter in the US consulate, is the second to be charged under the controversial law ... ( read original story ...)

A teenage Hong Kong democracy activist was charged on Thursday with secession, the first public political figure to be prosecuted under a sweeping new national security law Beijing imposed on the city ... ( read original story ...)

A former leader of Hong Kong pro-independence group Studentlocalism was charged on Thursday with secession, money laundering and conspiracy to publish seditious material, the latest person to be ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong dollar moved away from the strong end of its trading band for the first time since Ant Group Co.’s initial public offering was mooted two months ago. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong diners no longer have to go to a restaurant to enjoy an Impossible plant-based burger - they can now walk into any ParknShop supermarket and buy some Impossible Beef to cook at home. Hong ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's police national security unit is set to launch a new multi-platform hotline as early as next month for the public to report information that would help enforce the new legislation, sources ... ( read original story ...)

Chung and four other Hong Kong activists sought to reach the U.S. Consulate in hopes of speeding up the process, according to the London-based advocacy group Friends of Hong Kong and local media ... ( read original story ...)

Four dissidents were turned away from the U.S. consulate in Hong Kong because Trump is afraid of confrontation with Beijing a week before the election, Chinese state media claims. ( read original story ...)