World Dec 30 Hong Kong journalists charged with sedition following raid Two former editors from a Hong Kong online pro-democracy news outlet have been charged with sedition and denied bail.
World Dec 23 Citing ‘legal risks’, last monument for Tiananmen massacre removed in Hong Kong A monument at a Hong Kong university that was the best-known public remembrance of the Tiananmen Square massacre on Chinese soil was removed early Thursday, wiping out the city's last place of public commemoration of the bloody 1989 crackdown.
World Nov 18 Hong Kong declares wild boars fair game after animal attacks Hong Kong authorities have had enough of wild boars. An increasing number of attacks by the animals including one that bit a police officer last week have triggered an operation in a district less than half an hour's drive from…
Economy Nov 02 Yahoo pulls out of China, citing ‘challenging’ environment Last month, Microsoft's professional networking platform LinkedIn said it would shutter its Chinese site, replacing it with a jobs board instead.
World Jul 19 U.S. firms in Hong Kong face risks, says business association U.S. businesses operating in Hong Kong should reassess their operations and decide if the risks of operating there are worth the reward, the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong said.
World Jun 28 Hong Kong to ban passenger flights from UK to curb virus Hong Kong said the U.K. has been classified as "extremely high risk" because of the "recent rebound of the epidemic situation in the U.K. and the widespread delta variant virus strain there."…
World Jun 23 Apple Daily to close, last pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper Hong Kong's sole remaining pro-democracy newspaper will publish its last edition Thursday, forced to shut down after five editors and executives were arrested and millions of dollars in its assets were frozen as part of China's increasing crackdown on dissent.
World Jun 17 Editors of Hong Kong newspaper arrested under security law Hong Kong police used a sweeping national security law Thursday to arrest five editors and executives of a pro-democracy newspaper on charges of colluding with foreign powers.
World Apr 01 7 Hong Kong democracy leaders convicted as China clamps down Seven of Hong Kong's leading pro-democracy advocates, including a media tycoon and an 82-year-old veteran of the movement, were convicted Thursday for organizing and participating in a march during massive anti-government protests in 2019 that triggered a crackdown on dissent.
World Jan 06 Hong Kong arrests 53 activists under national security law Hong Kong police arrested 53 former lawmakers and democracy proponents Wednesday for allegedly violating the new national security law by participating in unofficial election primaries for the territory's legislature last year.