Chief Executive Carrie Lam says officials on all sides are trying to work around 14-day mandatory quarantine rules, while travellers would also need health certificate showing they are free of …
China’s Hong Kong policy: One country, one brutal system
The peaceful protests of 2019 in Hong Kong objected to a proposed extradition law that many feared would give China’s security agencies the right to nab anyone in Hong Kong and take them to the …
Hong Kong Economy Gets a Boost From Staycations, Dining Deals
People walking through the Lan Kwai Fong area of Hong Kong over the weekend might have been surprised to see a truly uncommon sight for 2020: a busy restaurant.
EU chiefs express ‘great concerns’ about Hong Kong at China summit
European Union chiefs expressed their “great concerns” about the proposed security law for Hong Kong during a video summit on Monday with China’s president and premier.
Trump’s removal of Hong Kong’s special status hurts the US more than China
As China began drafting a controversial national security law for Hong Kong, President Trump reacted swiftly, declaring that he would remove the city’s special status under US law.
I was tortured, Wang Quanzhang says as China prepares Hong Kong crackdown
A Chinese human rights lawyer has said he was forced into a confession and repeatedly tortured during a four-year prison sentence for “state subversion”.Wang Quanzhang, 44, who was arrested after …
EU presses China over trade, warns on Hong Kong law
The European Union told China on Monday to make good on a promise to open up its economy and warned of “very negative consequences” if Beijing goes ahead with a new security law on Hong Kong that the …
Taiwan Extends a Cautious Hand to Hong Kong Activists
Beijing activists in Hong Kong see Taiwan as an ally against Mainland encroachment—and a potential refuge. For now, though, Taiwan is playing its hand cautiously.
Standard Chartered and HKTDC Launch “Standard Chartered GBA Business Confidence Index”
Standard Chartered and Hong Kong Trade Development Council (“HKTDC”) are pleased to announce the launch of the “Standard Chartered …
China revealed some details of Hong Kong’s national security law and it’s as bad as critics feared
Since Beijing revealed plans to impose a national security law on Hong Kong, defenders of the bill have argued that fears of what it could do to the city’s political freedoms and civil liberties are …