But they warned this “message of hope” would not help many, including those born after Hong Kong’s 1997 return to Chinese rule and now aged over 18 — people at the forefront of protests against …
Hong Kong security law: Why we are taking our BNOs and leaving
They say that Hong Kong has become unrecognisable in its handling of the months-long protests triggered by a bill which proposed to allow extradition to mainland China. What the c …
Cathay Pacific averts financial collapse with distress call to tap the HK$4 trillion war chest of Hong Kong’s financial tsar
Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po had little time to celebrate his 65th birthday in mid-March, as he would soon pick up a call asking for the famously laissez-faire city government to …
The US is reportedly threatening to remove the dollar’s peg to the Hong Kong dollar. Here’s why that’s an empty threat from the Trump administration.
Bloomberg reported this week that the possibility to limit Hong Kong’s bank buying US dollars was escalated to Secretary of the State Mike Pompeo.
Hong Kong Democrats Hold Primary Despite Security Law Warning
Pro-democracy parties in Hong Kong held primary polls on Saturday to choose candidates for upcoming legislative elections despite warnings from government officials that it may be in breach of a new …
China, Hong Kong and the world: is Xi Jinping overplaying his hand?
But most are being magnified by the issue of Hong Kong, upon which Beijing imposed its authoritarian will this month with a national security law that removes the “high degree” of legal and political …
The new Hong Kong: Disappearing books, illegal words and arrests over blank white paper
Less than two weeks under a new national security law enacted by Beijing, Hong Kong residents already feel a curtain of control falling over the city’s realms of speech and thought.
PHOTOS: How Hong Kong Reopened Schools — And Why It Closed Them Again
Schools were shut when the novel coronavirus first became a concern. Here’s how Hong Kong handled re-opening — and now, a second closing due to a spike in cases.
Hong Kong elections: police raid on pollsters’ office over data leak case deals blow to opposition’s primary, pushing voting back by three hours
The weekend primary for Hong Kong’s opposition camp to select candidates for the coming Legislative Council elections has been postponed by three hours after police raided an office of pollsters, …
Security law could force British judges to quit Hong Kong court
British judges on Hong Kong’s highest court could be forced to quit if they fail to condemn China’s repressive security law, senior legal figures have told The Times.Lord Reed of Allermuir, president …