World Aug 04 Hong Kong bans financial support for 16 overseas activists and cancels passports By Kanis Leung, Associated Press
World Jun 26 Top U.S. diplomat in Hong Kong criticizes the city and China for curtailing freedoms U.S. Consul General Gregory May, Hong Kong's top American diplomat, said Thursday that the policies of the Chinese and Hong Kong governments have curtailed freedoms, pointing to the case of jailed prominent activist Jimmy Lai and what he called “transnational regression."… By Kanis Leung, Associated Press
World May 27 Meet Jia Jia and De De, Hong Kong’s giant panda cubs The pandas' birth in August made their mother, Ying Ying, the world's oldest first-time panda mom. By Kanis Leung, Associated Press
World Mar 18 Hong Kong’s leader takes swipe at Trump but avoids criticism of deal to sell Panama assets Hong Kong’s leader says his government opposes coercion by foreign governments but stopped short of criticizing a prominent local conglomerate’s decision to sell its Panama Canal port assets to a consortium including American investment bank BlackRock. By Kanis Leung, Associated Press
World Nov 19 45 Hong Kong democracy activists get 4 to 10 years in prison under Beijing-imposed law Forty-five ex-lawmakers and activists have been sentenced to four to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement. By Kanis Leung, Zen Soo, Associated Press
Sep 20 Watch 6:16 Son of jailed Hong Kong journalist Jimmy Lai rallies U.S. support in fight for his release By Nick Schifrin A group of U.S. lawmakers came together in a show of bipartisan support to call for the release of Hong Kong businessman Jimmy Lai. Lai, who owned the newspaper Apple Daily, is one of the hundreds of democracy activists, journalists… Continue watching
Sep 06 Nearly a million people flee as Typhoon Yagi makes landfall in China By Kanis Leung, Jim Gomez, Associated Press A powerful typhoon has made landfall on a Chinese holiday island after it swept south of Hong Kong, forcing many aspects of life in the region to a halt. Continue reading
Aug 29 Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists who openly criticized the government amid a crackdown on dissent By Kanis Leung, Associated Press A Hong Kong court has convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet in a sedition case widely seen as a barometer for the future of media freedoms in a city once hailed as a bastion of free press… Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch 6:47 Former Hong Kong bookstore begins new chapter in upstate New York By Christopher Booker, Maea Lenei Buhre, Mary Fecteau From 2021 to 2022, Hong Kong experienced its biggest population drop since record-keeping began more than 60 years ago. Tens of thousands left because of strict COVID-19 policies and a crackdown on civil liberties by Beijing. Special correspondent Christopher Booker… Continue watching
Jun 04 WATCH: House Speaker Jeffries and Pelosi mark 35th anniversary of Tiananmen Square crackdown By Ken Moritsugu, Kanis Leung, Associated Press China has long quashed any public memory of the military crackdown on months-long protests at the heart of its capital. Hundreds, if not thousands, are believed to have been killed in an overnight operation that ended on June 4, 1989. Continue reading