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Xi’s move, state news agency Xinhua reported on Monday, was in response to an appeal by 24 of Hong Kong’s leading scientists and university professors who wrote to him last year to “express their pressing hope to make a contribution to the motherland”. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong rail bosses admitted on Monday that some journeys on the city’s new high-speed rail line to Guangzhou would take longer than the promised 48 minutes, after reports they could overshoot that by as much as half an hour. The MTR Corporation’s ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong court on Friday found two pro-independence activists guilty of unlawful assembly inside the legislature while they were still lawmakers, dealing a further blow to waning political dissent in the Chinese-ruled territory. Opposition leaders and ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court on Friday found two pro-independence activists guilty of unlawful assembly inside the legislature while they were still lawmakers, dealing a further blow to waning political dissent in the Chinese-ruled territory. ( read original story ...)

In an unusual move, the chief of a leading Hong Kong opposition party and a vocal critic of China’s handling of the city’s affairs spoke in Beijing’s defence at a seminar in Washington over the US-initiated trade war against China. Hong Kong Civic ... ( read original story ...)

Legal opinions in Hong Kong indicate that the candidacy requirements for district council elections should be the same as those set for the Legislative Council (LegCo), the Sing Tao Daily News reported on Wednesday. Prospective candidates who don't sign a ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s economy continues to defy gravity, for now. The world’s least-affordable property prices continue to hold up, tourism and shopping have rebounded as China’s economy hums along, and a bustling stock market that’s set to boast one of the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong exported more construction waste to mainland China last year than it sent to the city’s own overflowing facilities, according to government statistics. About 13.5 million tonnes of inert construction and demolition waste, or public fill ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — A Chinese tech giant has been brought to its knees. Tougher inspections at Chinese ports are holding up cars, apples and lumber imported from the U.S. These are among the early signs that the widening trade dispute between China and the U.S ... ( read original story ...)

Brussels is urging Britain to treat Northern Ireland like Hong Kong and accept the province must accept EU rules and regulations after Brexit. Officials in the bloc say the UK should adopt a 'one state two systems' approach - keeping the province in the ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — A Chinese tech giant brought to its knees and delays for imported U.S. cars, apples, lumber and other agricultural products are early casualties of the widening trade dispute between China and the U.S. A fresh round of talks aimed at ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Marine Police called on the Royal Navy to help handle ... from the abdomen of a 34-year-old Algerian woman by using acupuncture instead of anaesthesia, the Algerian News Agency reported. It said the operation went smoothly for the mother of ... ( read original story ...)

Fitch Ratings Ltd. cut its assessment of Hong Kong banks’ operating environment due to the territory’s tighter links to the mainland economy. “We believe that Hong Kong’s growing connectivity with China’s economy and financial system creates ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese telecommunications company ZTE has halted its main operations after U.S. authorities cut off its access to American suppliers as President Donald Trump steps up pressure over trade and technology issues with Beijing. ( read original story ...)