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HONG KONG — Facebook rumors force a well-known politician to publish ... Well before last week’s American election threw Facebook’s status as a digital-era news source into the spotlight, leaders, advocacy groups and minorities worldwide have ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (CNN) - Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has announced a bill aimed at buttressing Hong Kong's autonomy in the face of a Chinese administration increasingly bullish about interfering in the territory's affairs. The former Republican presidential ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG, Nov. 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Enhanced Investment Products Limited's (EIP) exchange traded funds (ETF) business "XIE Shares" launches the XIE Shares FTSE Gold Miners ETF (3116.HK) ("The Gold Miners ETF") on the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEx). ( read original story ...)

Xinhua, a central-government news agency, this week published an interview with him in which he expressed his wish to “rise to the challenges” his administration faces. It may mean he wants to stand again. Discontent in Hong Kong is likely only to grow. ( read original story ...)

He told a packed news briefing that the Youngspiration duo had not only advocated independence for Hong Kong, but "even insulted the country and the Chinese people in their words and deeds". ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong localist radicals played into Beijing’s hands, democracy leader Martin Lee says Mr Justice Thomas Au Hing-cheung certainly did not agree with the argument, as he explained in his 56-page ruling that he was “of the clear view that the non ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG A U.S. 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 U.S.-China ... ( read original story ...)

No stay of execution for disqualified Hong Kong lawmakers Leung and Yau Speaking after a Commercial Radio programme, Lee said the Hong Kong government and ­Beijing could point to Leung and Yau and say “not only do they want independence, they were ... ( read original story ...)

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 ...)